LABBE,CHARLES (1851-1889)

The vein of Labbe is a very important structure and every neurosurgeon is acquainted with its anatomy. Because of the recent increasing inte rest and experience in skull base surgery, the vein of Labbe has recei ved a great deal of attention. Intraoperative damage to this vein shou ld be avoided and several methods to prevent this have been described. Despite these developments, nothing is written in the neurosurgical l iterature about the man who described this Vein for the first time: Ch arles Labbe. The authors therefore conducted an extensive search of th e literature and uncovered several public records in France to learn m ore about Charles Labbe.