Timeline of urology
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This is a timeline of urology, describing significant events in the development of the field. Recognition of urology as a separate specialty or subspecialty of general surgery is relatively recent.[1]
Contents
Big picture
| Time period | Development summary |
|---|---|
| Ancient history | Evidence of many diseases and even some surgical procedures date to ancient times, diseases that later would come under the purview of urology.[1] |
| 17th century | “Stone cutters”, or travelling lithotomists, practise bladder stone removal throughout Europe.[2] |
| 19th century | The development of the cystoscope contributes to the splitting off of urology from general surgery.[1] In the late century, urology as a specialty in its own right emerges. |
| 20th century | The field of urology develops at an astonishing speed.[2] Instrumental develops widely in the first half of the century, while many organizations and journals emerge in the second half. |
Full timeline
| Year | Event type | Details | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4000 BC | The rite of circumcision is thought to have been practiced in Egypt around that time.[1] | Egypt | |
| <1AC | Field development | At the end of the pre-Christian era, ancient Hindu surgeons attempt to remove bladder stones through a suprapubic incision.[1] | India |
| 1556 | Field development | Pierre Franco successfully removes bladder stones from a child.[1] | |
| 1561 | Field development | Pierre Franco condicts the first recorded suprapubic lithotomy.[3] | |
| 1804 | Instrumental | German physician Philipp Bozzini develops his lichtleiter or "Light Conductor", a primitive endoscope to allow for inspecting the ear, urethra, rectum, female bladder, cervix, mouth, nasal cavity, or wounds.[4][5] | Germany |
| 1806 | Field development | Endoscopy is first conceived.[6] | |
| 1807 | Instrumental | A number of instruments start being devised to peer into body cavities.[1] | |
| 1824 | Field development | French surgeon Jean Civiale performs the first lithotrity at the Necken Hospital in Paris.[1][7][8][9] | France |
| 1877 | Instrumental | German urologist Maximilian Nitze, in collaboration with an instrument maker in Dresden, fabricates the first cystoscope.[1] | Germany |
| 1879 | Instrumental | American inventor Thomas Edison invents the first practical incandescent lamp, allowing for the development of transurethral resection of bladder tumors.[6] | United States |
| 1881 | Field development | The first bladder tumor is removed with an urethtroscope by Joseph Grunfeld, using an instrument known as the polypenkneipe, which functions as a snare to remove tumors.[4] | |
| 1888 | Instrumental | German physicist Heinrich Hertz devises high frequency electric current.[6] | Germany |
| 1890 | Field development | Urology as a specialty in its own right is instituted with the appointment of Felix Guyon in Paris as the first Professor of Urology.[2] | France |
| 1902 | Organization | The American Urological Association (AUA) is founded.[1] | United States |
| 1907 | Literature | International journal Folia Urologica is founded.[10] | |
| 1908 | Instrumental | Edwin Beer from New York conceives the idea of using high-frequency electric current through a catheterizing-cytoscope to coagulate bladder tumors. Beer is considered to be the founder of electrosurgery of the bladder.[6] | United States |
| 1908 | Instrumental | Lee DeForest introduces the vacuum tube permitting continuous current.[6][11] | |
| 1909 | Instrumental | American urologist Hugh H. Young conceives the fenestrated tube.[6] | United States |
| 1910 | Instrumental | Edwin Beer applies high-frequency electrical current underwater.[6] | |
| 1911 | Instrumental | Hugh H. Young uses a cystoscope with a punch device to perform transurethral prostatectomy.[12] | United States |
| 1917 | Literature | The Journal of Urology is launched by the American Urological Association.[1] | United States |
| 1924 | Instrumental | George Wyeth conceives the first practical cutting current.[6] | |
| 1926 | Field development | New York urologist Maximilian Stern introduces the resectoscope, a type of endoscope used in surgeries of the uterus, prostate, bladder, or urethra.[6][13][4] | United States |
| 1929 | Literature | The British Journal of Urology International is established.[1] | United Kingdom |
| 1931 | Field development | Reinhold Wappler combines cutting and coagulation current into one.[6] | |
| 1931 | Instrumental | Joseph McCarthy from New York makes significant improvements in the resectoscope.[6] | United States |
| 1931 | Instrumental | Ametican urologist Theodore Davis, from South Carolina, presents a modified resectoscope, using a larger instrument with a larger viewing window and a wider loop. Davis incorporates both cutting and coagulation current diathermy, inventing a foot pedal allowing him to switch between the two during surgery.[14] | United States |
| 1931 | Instrumental | Joseph McCarthy improves the panendoscope (a foreoblique lens system invented by Frederick Wappler), with improved vision, Theodore Davis's dual current idea and Maximilian Stern's resectoscope.[14] | United States |
| 1933 | Literature | The History of Urology is published by the American Urological Association.[15] | United States |
| 1938 | Instrumental | Reed Nesbit devises a novel one-handed resectoscope.[6] | |
| 1945 | Organization | The British Association of Urological Surgeons is founded.[2] | United Kingdom |
| 1955 (circa) | Instrumental | The Hopkins rod lens system is developed, revolutionizing urology by providing robust, versatile, reliable & sterilizable endoscopic equipment and “cold” light sources which allow high-quality visualization of the interior of the urinary tract.[2] | |
| 1962 | Literature | Peer-reviewed scientific journal Der Urologe is established.[16] | Germany |
| 1971 | Organization | The International Continence Society is formed.[17] | |
| 1972 | Literature | Leonard J.T. Murphy publishes The History of Urology, one of the first complete history of urology texts.[10] | |
| 1973 | Instrumental | The artificial urinary sphincter is first implanted.[18] | |
| 1973 | Literature | Peer-reviewed scientific journal Urology is established. | |
| 1973 | Literature | John R Herman publishes Urology: A View Through the Retrospectroscope, a short text meant to be an introduction to the history of urology.[10] | |
| 1973 | Organization | The Indonesian Urological Association is established.[19] | Indonesia |
| 1975 | Literature | The Turkish Journal of Urology is established.[20] | Turkey |
| 1975 | Instrumental | Jose Iglesias develops the continuous flow resectoscope.[4] | |
| 1975 | Literature | Monthly peer-reviewed medical journal European Urology is established.[1] | |
| 1984 | Organization | The Interstitial Cystitis Association (ICA) is established.[21] | |
| 1985 | Literature | The Indian Journal of Urology is first issued.[22] | India |
| 1985 | Organization | A Section of Urology formally starts at the European Union of Medical Specialists.[23] | |
| 1985 | Organization | The Society for Basic Urologic Research is established.[24] | United States |
| 1988 | Organization | The Urology Center of Westchester is incorporated.[25] | United States |
| 1992 | Organization | The first European Board Examination in Urology is held.[23] | |
| 1993 | Organization | The Prostate Cancer Foundation is established.[26] | United States |
| 1995 | Literature | The African Journal of Urology is first issued.[27] | |
| 1999 | Field development | Scientists announce that a lab-grown bladder has been successfully transplanted into dogs.[28] | |
| 2001 | Organization | The Vattikuti Urology Institute is established in Detroit.[29] | United States |
| 2001 | Organization | The British Society of Urogynaecologists is formed.[30] | United Kingdom |
| 2002 | Literature | Renal & Urology News is first issued.[31] | United States |
| 2004 | Literature | Peer-reviewed medical journal Nature Reviews Urology is first issued.[32] | |
| 2011 | Literature | The American Urological Association first publishes a guideline on interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome.[21] | United States |
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References
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 Ware, Elgin W. "A brief history of urology at Baylor University Medical Center". PMC 1214562
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- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 "History of Urology". camurology.org.uk. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
- ↑ Tefekli, Ahmet; Cezayirli, Fatin. "The History of Urinary Stones: In Parallel with Civilization". doi:10.1155/2013/423964.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Bladder Cancer: Diagnosis and Clinical Management (Seth P. Lerner, Mark P. Schoenberg, Cora N. Sternberg ed.).
- ↑ "Introducing the proto-endoscope". history.uroweb.org. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
- ↑ 6.00 6.01 6.02 6.03 6.04 6.05 6.06 6.07 6.08 6.09 6.10 6.11 Patel, Sutchin R.; Moran, Michael E.; Nakada, Stephen Y. The History of Technologic Advancements in Urology.
- ↑ Warner, John Harley. Against the Spirit of System: The French Impulse in Nineteenth-Century American Medicine.
- ↑ Steiner, Rudolf W. Laser Lithotripsy: Clinical Use and Technical Aspects.
- ↑ Van Reen, R. Idiopathic Urinary Bladder Stone Disease.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 "History of Urology I (Podium)". jurology.com. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
- ↑ Talamini, Mark A. Advanced Therapy in Minimally Invasive Surgery.
- ↑ H, Ellis. "The Hopkins rod-lens system.". PMID 17598677. doi:10.1177/175045890701700605.
- ↑ Petrovich, Zbigniew; Baert, Luc. Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia: Innovations in Management.
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 "Stern-McCarthy resectoscope". baus.org.uk. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
- ↑ "The History Of Urology.". jamanetwork.com. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
- ↑ "DER UROLOGE. AUSGABE A". miar.ub.edu. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
- ↑ "ICS 1971". ics.org. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
- ↑ Minimally Invasive Therapy for Urinary Incontinence and Pelvic Organ Prolapse (Gopal H. Badlani ed.).
- ↑ "Urology in Asia – Indonesia". onlinelibrary.wiley.com. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
- ↑ "Turkish Journal of Urology" (PDF). turkishjournalofurology.com. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 Moldwin, Robert M. Urological and Gynaecological Chronic Pelvic Pain: Current Therapies.
- ↑ "Indian Journal of Urology". indianjurol.com. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
- ↑ 23.0 23.1 "EBU History". ebu.com. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
- ↑ "SBUR/AUA History". sbur.org. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
- ↑ "UCW". sozce.com. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
- ↑ "Prostate Cancer Foundation". pcf.org. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
- ↑ "African Journal of Urology". journals.elsevier.com. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
- ↑ Moreno-Borchart, Alexandra. "Building organs piece by piece". PMC 1299182. PMID 15520801. doi:10.1038/sj.embor.7400287.
- ↑ "Vattikuti Urology Institute, Henry Ford Health System". vfrsi.vattikutifoundation.com. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
- ↑ "British Society of Urogynaecology". rcog.org.uk. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
- ↑ "Renal & Urology News". renalandurologynews.com. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
- ↑ Albersen, M; Cartwright, R; Choyke, P; Goldenberg, SL; Goldman, H; Lawrentschuk, N; Linehan, WM; Murphy, D; Nagler, H; Scardino, P; Shortliffe, L; Stenzl, A; Theodorescu, D. "Looking forward, looking back-10 years in urology.". PMID 25348169. doi:10.1038/nrurol.2014.263.
