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History of Optics in Endourology

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The History of Technologic Advancements in Urology

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Optics is the branch of physics that studies the behavior and properties of light, including its interactions with matter and the construction of instruments to detect it. From its earliest days, physicians have found the urinary tract to be a tempting target for intervention since it lies so tantalizingly close to the surface and has a natural aperture. This accessibility allowed urologic procedures to be among the earliest attempted by practitioners, with interrogation of the bladder first occurring thousands of years ago. While lithotomists made their diagnosis based on history and the transurethral “sounding” of the bladder to identify bladder calculi, the actual surgery was traumatically transperineal as the technology to see in the urethra and bladder did not yet exist.

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Maciolek, K.A., Best, S.L. (2018). History of Optics in Endourology. In: Patel, S., Moran, M., Nakada, S. (eds) The History of Technologic Advancements in Urology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-61691-9_3

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