Professor Frédéric Lauwers is the surgeon who operated on Antoine Dupont for his maxillo-zygomatic fracture two weeks ago. While the captain of the French Blues was not respected.
It was just two weeks ago. Coming out injured against Namibia during the 3rd match of the French XV in the World Cup, Antoine Dupont, victim of a maxillo-zygomatic fracture, underwent surgery at the Toulouse University Hospital around 11 p.m. on Friday September 22. An operation successfully led by Professor Frédéric Lauwers who launched the start of the time trial in which the best player in the world is engaged with a view to a possible return for the quarter-finals of the World Cup.
A heavy responsibility for the head of the maxillofacial and plastic surgery department at Toulouse University Hospital who broke the silence on Saturday, the day after the Blues qualified against Italy: “I refused the interviews because the secrecy medical is essential and even more so in my discipline”, he justifies himself in the columns of the Dispatch from the South.
“It pleases me that we talk about our specialty other than in connection with a war”
Despite his silence, we really cannot speak of medical confidentiality regarding the state of health of the French scrum half. The Blues staff regularly communicated about their captain and information came out in the press. A lack of confidentiality which did not please the surgeon.
“I was annoyed to see that we could not respect this medical confidentiality regardless of the notoriety of the person,” he confirms. “Of course, it pleases me that we talk about our specialty other than in connection with a war, because it’s the World Cup and because it’s Antoine Dupont. But it’s all a story of team, that of the French rugby team and that of the team which took care of him at the Toulouse University Hospital”, he concludes.