The Journal of Urology
Volume 178, Issue 6 , Pages 2284-2286 , December 2007

Lithotomy by Empirical Doctors in the 19th Century: a Traditional Surgical Technique That Lasted Through the Centuries

  • C. Trompoukis

      Affiliations

    • Department of History of Medicine, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence: Department of History of Medicine, University of Crete, P.O. Box 2208, 71003, Heraklion, Greece (telephone: ++30 2810 394623; FAX: ++30 2810 394606).
    • ,
  • S. Giannakopoulos

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology and Andrology, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis, Greece
    • ,
  • S. Touloupidis

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology and Andrology, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis, Greece

Received 6 November 2006

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PII: S0022-5347(07)01974-X

doi: 10.1016/j.juro.2007.08.003

The Journal of Urology
Volume 178, Issue 6 , Pages 2284-2286 , December 2007

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