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309 entries match Urology & Nephrology [C13]
1893
#4224
Movable kidney; with a report of twelve cases treated by nephrorrhaphy.
In his nephropexy operation Edebohls utilized flaps of the capsule of the kidney. He believed that decapsulation improved the renal blood supply.
1894 –1896
#2232
A collection of the published writings. 2 vols.
Gull, one of the best clinicians of his time, spent most of his working life at Guy’s Hospital. He described the spinal lesion of tabes and left an important account of aneurysm. His best works are his description of …
1894
#4225
Operation for the relief of valve formation and stricture of the ureter in hydro- or pyo-nephrosis.
Fenger’s operation for stenosis of the uretero-pelvic junction.
1894
#4226
A vizelet fagypontjának diagnostikus érteke. [The diagnostic value of the freezing point of urine.]
Korányi established cryoscopy of the urine as a kidney function test. See also his later papers in Z. klin. Med., 1897, 33, 1-54; 1898, 34, 1-52. Previously H. Dreser had made experiments on this subject; for these se…
1894
#4188
Uretero-ureteral anastomosis; uretero-ureterostomy.
Kelly’s method of uretero-ureteral anastomosis included the use of the catheter as a temporary ureteral splint.
1894
#4188.1
Ueber die Radikaltherapie der Ektopia vesicae urinariae.
Maydl’s operation, uretero-intestinal anastomosis.
1894
#8970
Kystophotographischer Atlas.
Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
1895
#1226
Ueber die Ursachen der normalen und pathologischen Lagen des Uterus.
“Mackenrodt’s ligaments”, the uterosacral ligaments.
1895
#4263
Six successful and successive cases of prostatectomy.
Fuller was the first to accomplish the removal of both intra-vesical and intra-urethral enlargements of the prostate by the process of suprapubic enucleation.
1895
#4189
Vessie et urètre surnuméraires.
Péan was first to operate on diverticula of the bladder.
1896
#3636
Calculs du rein. Calculs de la vésicule biliaire.
Chappuis and Chauvel were the first to study biliary concretions by means of Roentgen rays.
1896
#4226.1
Sur un série de quarante opérations pratiquées sur la rein.
First planned nephrostomy.
1896
#4293
Roentgen rays. Photography of renal calculus.
First radiogram of renal calculus.
1897
#4190
Eine neue Modifikation des Harnleiterkatheters.
With Nitze’s operative cystoscope it became possible to excise bladder tumors in situ.
1898
#1236
Niere und Kreislauf.
Discovery that a pressor substance (renin) is produced by the kidneys and enters the circulation by the renal veins. Abridged English translation in No. 3160.1.
1899
#4227
Die Mischgeschwülste. I. Die Mischgeschwülste der Niere.
Embryoma of the kidney (“Wilms’s tumor”). For the history of the operation for Wilms’s tumor see B. Thomasson and M.M. Ravitch, Wilms Tumor, Urol. Surg., 1961, 11, 83-100.
1899
#4228
Chronic nephritis affecting a movable kidney as an indication for nephropexy.
First operation on the kidneys for the relief of Bright’s disease.
1899
#4191
Operation for undescended testicle and congenital inguinal hernia.
Bevan’s operation for undescended testicle.
1899
#4191.1
Sonde urétérale opaque. In Traité de chirurgie, 2e ed. vol. 7, p. 414.
Tuffier made the first pioneer attempt to visualize the urinary tract by the combination of an opaque ureteral styletted catheter and radiography.
1900
#11136
De la prostatectomie périnéale totale. Thèse de doctorat en médecine.
Proust performed the first radical perineal prostatectomy. He was the younger brother of the writer Marcel Proust. Digital facsimile from BnFgallica at this link.
1901
#1236.1
The action of pituitary extracts on the kidney.
Magnus and Starling reported that pituitary extracts caused expansion of the kidney and a marked and often prolonged diuresis. This was the first indication that the neurohypophysis plays a part in the regulation of u…
1901
#4229
The cure of chronic Bright’s disease by operation.
Edebohls introduced the operation of renal decortication for the treatment of chronic nephritis.
1901
#4264
A clinical lecture on total extirpation of the prostate for radical cure of enlargement of that organ with four successful cases.
Freyer claimed priority over Fuller (No. 4263) in originating the rectovesical method of prostatectomy. Although mistaken in this claim, Freyer certainly popularized the operation. Regarding the controversy, see Brit.…
1901
#4294
Uretercatheterezés és radiographia.
Géza von Illyés showed that ureteral calculi could be accurately demonstrated by x rays with the help of an indwelling opaque catheter. German translation in Dtsch. Z. Chir., 1901, 62, 132-40.
1901
#4295
Scratch-marks on the wax-tipped catheter as a means of determining the presence of stone in the kidney and in the ureter.
Kelly tipped the catheter with wax, so that it registered clearly any pressure from sharp stones. This became an important means of diagnosing calculi.
1902
#4229.1
Experimentelle Nierentransplantation. Vorlaüfige Mittheilung.
Successful autotransplantation of kidneys in dogs.
1902
#12790
The surgical treatment of sterility due to obstruction at the epididymis. Together with a study of the morphology of human spermatozoa.
Martin and colleagues reported on the study of 192 sterile couples. Martin pointed out "that 33 (17%) of the men in this group were azoospermic and two more could produce no ejaculate at all. From an examination of th…
1903
#4230
Funktionelle Nierendiagnostik ohne Ureterenkatheter.
Voelcker’s kidney-function test.
1903
#4265
Conservative perineal prostatectomy.
Young’s operation of perineal prostatectomy.
1903
#4296.5
L’urologie et les médecins urologues dans la médecine ancienne. Gilles de Corbeil: Sa vie- ses oeuvres- son poème des urines.
Reproduces rare documents and illustrations, with texts by Gilles de Corbeil and de Cuba. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
1903
#4191.2
Extirpation einer Harnblase mit Einpflanzung der Ureteren in die Flexura iliaca.
Total cystectomyand bilateral ureterosigmoidostomy.
1903
#4191.3
Zur Technik der Röntgenphotographie (Lendenwirbel, Blasensteine).
Cystography. Wittek filled the bladder with air and was able to demonstrate vertebrae and urinary calculus.
1903
#7217
Les tumeurs du rein.
Seminal work on renal tumors with unsurpassed descriptions of the clinical semiology of these diseases. In 1903 Albarran was the first "... to diagnose transitional cell carcinoma of the renal pelvis by detecting mali…
1903
#12791
Sterility from obstruction at the epididymis cured by operative means.
The patient described in this paper gave a past history of epididymitis and also of gonococcal urethritis which was known at that time as ‘gleet’ and which had resulted in a urethral stricture. The epididymo-vasostomy…
1904
#4265.1
Median perineal prostatectomy.
Complete perineal prostatectomy, September 1891.
1904 –1905
#4191.4
Verwendbarkeit der X-Strahlen für die Diagnose der Blasendifformitäten.
Wulff outlined the bladder with a suspension of bismuth subnitrate.
1905
#4232
Exploration des fonctions rénales.
Albarran’s polyuria test for renal inadequacy.
1905
#4266
Some anatomical points connected with the performance of prostatectomy. With remarks upon the operative treatment of prostatic hypertrophy.
Watson first performed median perineal prostatectomy in 1889.
1905
#4266.1
The early diagnosis and radical cure of carcinoma of the prostate. Being a study of 40 cases and presentation of a radical operation which was carried out in four cases.
First radical prostatectomy for carcinoma.
1905
#4192
Die Gestalt der menschlichen Harnblase im Röntgenbilde.
First cystograms.
1906
#4231
Pyelographie (Roentgenographie des Nierenbeckens nach Kollargolfüllung).
Introduction of pyelography.
1906
#4233
Technique de la néphropexie.
“Albarran’s operation” – nephropexy.
1906
#4267
A method of controlling the bleeding after suprapubic prostatectomy.
The distensible bag for controlling hemorrhage after suprapubic prostatectomy was introduced by Briggs in 1905.
1906
#4194
The operative treatment of acute gonorrheal epididymitis.
Hagner devised the open operation for the relief of acute epididymitis.
1906 –1907
#4194.1
The treatment of malignant diseases of the bladder through suprapubic incision, with report of a case.
Radiotherapy for carcinoma of bladder.
1907
#4234
Ueber die entzündlichen Veränderungen der Glomeruli der menschlichen Nieren und ihre Bedeutung für die Nephritis.
“Focal nephritis”. Löhlein established the importance of the initial inflammatory reaction in the glomerular capillaries in glomerulonephritis. Forms part 4 of Arb. path. Inst. Leipzig.
1908
#4235
Transplantation in mass of the kidneys.
Carrel revolutionized vascular surgery. He transplanted the kidney from one animal to another, an operation later carried out successfully in man. For his earlier work on vascular anastomosis and transplantation of vi…
1909
#1236.2
The fluids of the body.
Starling put forward the idea that renal excretion of salt (and water) was conditioned by the volume of body fluids, particularly the blood volume. He suggested that the sum total of body fluids was arranged so that t…
1909
#1896
On the pharmacological action of some phthaleins and their derivatives.
This work led to the universal clinical use of phenolsulphonephthalein in renal function tests and of phenoltetrachlorphthalein in hepatic function tests.
1909
#4195
Médecine opératoire des voies urinaires.
Albarran, a Cuban, became a teacher of the highest rank and attained a professorship at Paris in 1892. He was the first surgeon in France to perform perineal prostatectomy.