The development of the wire-loop resectoscope and the ensuing controversy concerning transurethral versus suprapubic prostatectomy.
The development of instruments and machines to make practical the removal of tissue and the controll of hemorrhage transurethrally by use of high frequency current is traced. The vicissitudes of the early users are reviewed and the feuds between them and those who advocated open prostatectomy are recalled.
D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011468:Prostatectomy / Q000266:history / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D014481:United States