History of urodynamics. Its origins, development and implication for urology as a specialty in Europe and the USA

Abstract

The field of urodynamics playes a major role in the development of urology as a specialty. It was the corner stone in functional thinking and a major point in establishing a science of its own, because physiological aspects payed the major role in generating new theories. This was in contrast to surgery. Within this field of medicine it needs up to the 1970th and 1980th establishing a functional view on aspects of treating diseases at all. Up to this time here, knife had the first place.A part of this topic regarding aspects of the German speaking countries had just been published Moll F. Halling T Geschichte der Urodynamik in: Schultz-Lampel, D., Goepel, M., Hampel, C. (eds) Urodynamik. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. 2022 pp 3-22 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-59066-9_1 p 2-22.Moll, F. 2001 Historische Anmerkungen zur Entwicklung der Neuro-Urologie in: Nissen G., Badura F. (Hrsg) Schriftenreihe der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Geschichte der Nervenheilkunde, Band 7. Königshausen und Neumann Würzburg 2001.

Keywords

• History of medicine
• History of Urology
• Urodynamics
• Development of physiology