Development of the Ureteroscope
Fig. 4.1 Stones could be broken ureteroscopically using the tactile technique. The stone was visualized, grasped in a basket and pulled to the tip of the ureteroscope. The ultrasound probe…
History and Development of Regenerative Medicine and Tissue Engineering in Urology
Fig. 25.1 Neo-urethra implantation and clinical outcome. (a) A cell-seeded graft sutured to the normal urethral margins from the first patient. (b) Voiding cystourethrograms of all five patients before surgery…
Prostate Cancer and Radiation Therapy: A History
Fig. 14.1 (a) Ancient Scythian with metastatic prostate cancer to bone. (b) Marie Curie visiting New York City. (c) The Proton Accelerator at M.D. Anderson’s Cancer Center Prostate cancer is…
History of Cystoscopy
Fig. 2.1 The founding fathers of endoscopy. (a) Philipp Bozzini and his Lichtleiter, (b) Pierre Salamon Ségalas and his speculum urethra-cystique, (c) John Dix Fisher and his early American endoscope,…
History of Optics in Endourology
Fig. 3.1 Bozzini’s Lichleiter with one aperture for the user and one for light conductors (By Philipp Bozzini (1773–1809) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons; By Countincr at en.wikipedia (Transferred from…
Development and Application of Histotripsy
Fig. 23.1 A transverse section of a red blood cell prostate phantom (left) treated with histotripsy in a “plus” pattern. Lysis of the red blood cells (lighter region) is a…
The Development of Hand-Assist Laparoscopy
1993 First reported case of HAL while performing splenectomy Boland et al. [31] 1994 First HAL nephrectomy Tierney et al. [32] 1996 HAL nephrectomy in a pig using PneumoSleeve Bannenberg…
Development of Transurethral Resection of the Prostate (TURP)
Fig. 5.1 Theodore M. Davis (1889–1973) (Picture from the William P. Didusch Center for Urologic History, Linthicum, MD) The Stern resectoscope was further modified by McCarthy and Wappler who designed…
The History of Percutaneous Renal Cryoablation
Fig. 15.1 Hydrodissection utilizing iodinated contrast medium during percutaneous renal cryoablation allows for safe mobilization of adjacent organs (a and b) Displacement of the colon (c) using hydrodissection with iodinated…
Introduction
Fig. 1.1 Clio, Muse of History, 1800. Charles Meynier (French, 1768–1832). Oil on canvas; framed: 290 × 192.4 × 6.9 cm unframed: 273 × 176 cm The Cleveland Museum of Art, Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase…
