Jean-Henri Jaeger
Born1944
Thionville, Gau Westmark, German-occupied France, Germany
Died (aged 78)
Salernes, France
NationalityFrench
EducationUniversity of Strasbourg I
Occupation(s)Surgeon
Professor

Jean-Henri Jaeger (1944 – 8 February 2022) was a French surgeon and academic.[1] He was well known for developing a surgical technique to repair the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL), using the fascia lata as a form of transplant.

Biography

Jaeger was born in Thionville to an engineer father who worked for the SNCF. He became devoted to working in surgery after a near-death experience from a kick to the stomach during a football match at the age of six. He studied at the University of Strasbourg I, where he met his lifelong friend Arsène Wenger.[2]

In 1978, while working for a clinic, he was called to be team surgeon for RC Strasbourg Alsace. He notably operated on Marius Trésor in 1981, who then competed in the 1982 FIFA World Cup.[3] Other players he operated on included Raymond Kopa, Zinedine Zidane, Dragan Stojković, Bixente Lizarazu, and others.[4][5] He was also a professor at the University of Strasbourg I.

Jaeger died in Salernes on 8 February 2022, at the age of 78.[6]

Works

  • Ligamentoplastie du LCA Mac Intosh FL versus KJ et DIDT, réparation cartilagineuse (2002)
  • Chirurgie du ligament croisé antérieur du genou la lésion du LCA (2017)

References

  1. ↑ "Le professeur Jean-Henri Jaeger est décédé". Les Dernières Nouvelles d'Alsace (in French). 9 February 2022. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
  2. ↑ "Jean-Henri Jaeger, bistouri au service des genoux des footballeurs". L'Orient-Le Jour (in French). 28 December 2001. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
  3. ↑ "Les chers genoux du professeur Jaeger". La Dépêche du Midi (in French). 9 November 2009. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
  4. ↑ "Jaeger. Chirurgien des genoux les plus chers du monde". Le Télégramme (in French). 11 November 2009. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
  5. ↑ "Le professeur Jaeger, chirurgien des genoux les plus chers du monde". RTL (in French). 8 November 2009. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
  6. ↑ Déchelotte, Arnaud (10 February 2022). "Carnet noir : Jean-Henri Jaeger, figure de la médecine du sport, est décédé". Onze Mondial (in French). Retrieved 17 February 2022.
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