title: The management of kidney stones as suggested by Goeury-Duvivier.
abstract: The management of kidney stones has always been a big problem for doctors of all time. Goeury Duvivier in his masterpiece "Guide des malades atteints daffections de voie urinaires ou des organes de la gnration chez lhomme et chez la femme shows us the different kind of diseases which affects the urinary tract and in particular highlights the list of the main methods that during the history characterized the treatment of renal calculi. Duvivier gives us the descriptions of invasive innovative techniques of the time, the Taille, the Lithotripsy and Lithotomy and their negative effects or limits for each technique. He also describes the different kind of palliative methods used in the 19th century to treat renal lithiasis and the clinical case reports of the time.
authors.forename: Guido
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bellinghieri
authors.forename: Ersilia
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Satta
authors.forename: Vincenzo
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Savica
authors.forename: Guido
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gembillo
authors.forename: Antonino
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Salvo
authors.forename: Michele
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Buemi
authors.forename: Domenico
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Santoro
mesh_terms: D004867:Equipment Design; D005602:France; D049672:History, 19th Century; D007669:Kidney Calculi / Q000266:history* / Q000628:therapy; D009398:Nephrology / Q000266:history* / Q000295:instrumentation