A century of prostatic surgery

Shackley, David

doi:10.1046/j.1464-410x.1999.00998.x

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“…Treatment of prostate cancer by surgical resection has been performed since the nineteenth century [1]. The retropubic approach was developed in 1945 and, together with the perineal approach, has been the standard of care for surgical resection [2,3].…”

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A retrospective comparison of anesthetic management of robot-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy versus radical retropubic prostatectomy

DʼAlonzo¹,

Gan²,

Moul³

et al. 2009

Journal of Clinical Anesthesia

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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A retrospective comparison of anesthetic management of robot-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy versus radical retropubic prostatectomy

DʼAlonzo¹,

Gan²,

Moul³

et al. 2009

Journal of Clinical Anesthesia

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“…Before techniques in prostatectomy became established as reliable interventions for prostatic hypertrophy, many surgeons practiced orchiectomy. 21 In 1893, J. William White, surgeon and professor at the University of Pennsylvania, published a series of different interventions that resulted in testicular atrophy in dogs with prostate hypertrophy, showing positive clinical results. 22 In his article, White mentions that he took inspiration from John Hunter's experiments in the 18th century, who observed that castration in bulls led to shrinkage of their secretory glands.…”

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“…The end of the 19th century saw a rise in urological surgery due to technological advancements, notably in anesthesia, asepsis, and the invention of endoscopic devices. Before techniques in prostatectomy became established as reliable interventions for prostatic hypertrophy, many surgeons practiced orchiectomy 21 . In 1893, J. William White, surgeon and professor at the University of Pennsylvania, published a series of different interventions that resulted in testicular atrophy in dogs with prostate hypertrophy, showing positive clinical results 22 .…”

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Charles Brenton Huggins: A historical review of the Nobel laureate’s pioneering discoveries

Benadada,

Saad,

Delouya

et al. 2023

Cancer

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Androgen deprivation therapy for prostate cancer was pioneered by Charles Huggins, laureate of the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1966. The authors tried to understand the scientific context and how previous findings paved Huggins way to his discoveries. With the help of summary or review articles on androgen deprivation therapy, the authors identified key publications and used his Nobel Prize speech as a basis to understand his discoveries. Furthermore, they used a recording of the laboratory‐talk interview he gave about his findings to guide them to relevant publications. The authors found that the basis for Huggins’ discoveries was the isolation of testosterone in 1935, not long before Huggins’ 1941 hallmark publication. Huggins’ work follows major experiments in the 19th century in orchiectomy done as a treatment for prostate hypertrophy. Researching the etiology of idiopathic hydrocele, Huggins analyzed the composition of prostate fluid. Further research led to the discovery of the influence of castration, testosterone, and estrogen on acid phosphatase. Recently developed methods facilitated the measurement of the phosphatases. He, therefore, had a biomarker for metastatic prostate cancer to measure treatment response. Very early on, he reported clinical improvements after castration in metastatic patients. Although the effect of orchiectomy on prostate hypertrophy was already known, Huggins was the first to show that testosterone stimulated and estrogen decreased the activity of prostate cancer. Huggins also established phosphatases as a tumor marker to measure disease response.

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“…Today it is supposed that Avicenna was the first to introduce the flexible urinary catheter [36]. He stated, ''If urinary retention occurs and [the patient] has not benefitted from other [medical] treatments, inevitably, a urinary catheter should be used.…”

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Insights into Avicenna’s Contributions to the Science of Surgery

Dalfardi

Nezhad

2014

World j. surg.

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An influential Persian scholar of the Islamic Golden Age of Medicine (from the ninth to the twelfth centuries AD), Ibn-e Sina (AD 980-1037), also known by the Latinized name Avicenna, is best remembered for his contributions to various aspects of medicine, particularly surgery. In fact, the art of surgery was a major focus of his attention and practice, and one to which he devoted several chapters of his main medical encyclopedia, Al-Qanun fi al-Tibb (The Canon of Medicine). This article presents a brief review of Avicenna's life, introduce his textbook of medicine, and present his significant contributions to the science of surgery.

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A century of prostatic surgery

Cited by 11 publications

References 49 publications

A retrospective comparison of anesthetic management of robot-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy versus radical retropubic prostatectomy

A retrospective comparison of anesthetic management of robot-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy versus radical retropubic prostatectomy

Charles Brenton Huggins: A historical review of the Nobel laureate’s pioneering discoveries

Insights into Avicenna’s Contributions to the Science of Surgery

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