title: [Genitourinary tuberculosis in the urologic works of Professor Rafael Mollá Rodrigo].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Professor Rafael Molla Rodrigo is considered by some the author who contributed with his scientific work and solid technique to consolidate Urology as a speciality in Valencia. Such importance is also perceived in a national level, as demonstrated by the fact that he belonged to the first board of the Spanish Association of Urology and contributed to its foundation in the two-year period 1910--1911, from his position of head of the department of Surgical Therapy and Operations at the Central University. Genitourinary tuberculosis is one of the most outstanding chapters of his extensive works.
  
  
  METHODS
  We reviewed all his works, selecting all original articles about genitourinary tuberculosis. Original articles have been obtained from the journals Revista de Higiene y Tuberculosis, La Medicina Valenciana, Revista Valenciana de Ciencias Médicas y Policínica, and from his two most important books, Clinical Lessons In Urology and Clinical Lessons in Urology and Genitourinary Surgery.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Throughout his work he analyzes features of relevance about this disease, such as diagnosis, about which he emphasizes the clinical and bacteriological difficulties, and treatment, which was only feasible by precocious nephrectomy.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  He dedicates a great part of his work to the study of this pathology and defends a precocious diagnosis in order to perform the only treatment that had demonstrated efficacy. He also exposes the symptoms and variety of clinical presentations, as well as diagnosis through separate kidney catheterization with the aim to determine unilateral involvement.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Urología, Hospital General Universitario, Valencia jacanovas@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Jose Antonio
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Cánovas Ivorra
authors.forename: Alfredo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tramoyeres Galván
authors.forename: Francisco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Sánchez Ballester
authors.forename: Luis
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: de la Torre Abril
authors.forename: Felipe
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ordoño Domínguez
authors.forename: Pedro
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Navalón Verdejo
authors.forename: Francisco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ramada Benlloch
authors.forename: Emilio
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: López Alcina
authors.forename: Mariano
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pérez Albacete
authors.forename: Julio
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zaragoza Orts
mesh_terms: D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D011643:Publishing / Q000266:history; D013030:Spain; D014401:Tuberculosis, Urogenital / Q000266:history*; D014572:Urology / Q000266:history*