The History of Urinary Stones: In Parallel with Civilization
Joint Authors
Cezayirli, Fatin
Tefekli, Ahmet H.
Source
Issue
Vol. 2013, Issue 2013 (31 Dec. 2013), pp.1-5, 5 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2013-11-20
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
5
Main Subjects
Medicine
Information Technology and Computer Science
Abstract EN
The roots of modern science and history of urinary stone disease go back to the Ancient Egyptians and Mesopotamia.
Hippocrates defined the symptoms of bladder stones.
The first recorded details of “perineal lithotomy” were those of Cornelius Celsus.
Ancient Arabic medicine was based mainly on classical Greco-Roman works.
Interestingly, the Fourth Lateran Council in 1215 forbade physicians from performing surgical procedures, as contact with blood or body fluids was viewed as contaminating to men.
With Renaissance new procedures could be tried on criminals.
The first recorded suprapubic lithotomy was carried out by Pierre Franco in 1561.
In 1874, Bigelow developed a lithotrite, which was introduced into the bladder under anaesthesia (called as “litholopaxy”).
Young was the first to report ureteroscopy (1929).
With advances in intracorporeal lithotripsy techniques, ureteroscopy became the treatment of choice for ureteric stones.
In 1976, Fernstrom and Johannson established percutaneous access to remove a renal stone.
However, with the introduction of the first extracorporeal shock wave machine in 1980, a dramatic change in stone management was observed.
Civilization in parallel with scientific developments has brought us to a point where we try not to “cut” our patients for stone disease, as Hippocrates admonishes, but rather manage them with minimal invasive alternatives.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Tefekli, Ahmet H.& Cezayirli, Fatin. 2013. The History of Urinary Stones: In Parallel with Civilization. The Scientific World Journal،Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1032904
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Tefekli, Ahmet H.& Cezayirli, Fatin. The History of Urinary Stones: In Parallel with Civilization. The Scientific World Journal No. 2013 (2013), pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1032904
American Medical Association (AMA)
Tefekli, Ahmet H.& Cezayirli, Fatin. The History of Urinary Stones: In Parallel with Civilization. The Scientific World Journal. 2013. Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1032904
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1032904