title: [Historical flashes on prostatic symptoms and urinary retention].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To perform a chronological search about symptoms of bladder outlet obstruction of prostatic origin and some of its treatments.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Over the years we have been collecting data about the topic from books and journals; we present them in such a way that they can be consulted chronologically. From more than 100 references we have selected the 60 most relevant to our judgment.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Many ideas about the syndrome and the way to solve it have arisen, which vary from one time to another. For most urologists, the main operative complication has always been bleeding, leading to the development of a great number of techniques to avoid it. Infection, the other great complication, prompted that initially surgical maneuvers were performed very fastly and with the small incisions. In addition, big drainages were necessary.
authors.affiliation: Jubilado Servicio de Urología, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, España.
authors.forename: Ataúlfo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Saíz Carrero
mesh_terms: D004867:Equipment Design; D049668:History, 15th Century; D049669:History, 16th Century; D049670:History, 17th Century; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049690:History, Ancient; D049691:History, Medieval; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011470:Prostatic Hyperplasia / Q000266:history*; D016055:Urinary Retention / Q000266:history*; D014572:Urology / Q000266:history* / Q000295:instrumentation