Maximilian Stern
Of New York; devised the resectoscope wire loop
- Dates
- 1873-1946 (source: BAUS Virtual Museum: TURP (transurethral resection of the prostate) )
- Chapters
- IX. The Gland That Stands Before
What the film says
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Made a wire loop that cut with high-frequency current, in 1926: the first of the three keys to transurethral resection.
On the timeline
- January 1926: Maximilian Stern presents his resectoscope, with a high-frequency cutting loop, to the New York Academy of Medicine. timeline
Sources
Sources
- BAUS Virtual Museum: TURP (transurethral resection of the prostate) Museum or society
- Didusch Museum: Resectoscopes Museum or society
- Urology News: TURP Secondary