[Urological diseases in the works of Abulcasis]. / La patología urológica en la obra de Abulcasis.

OBJECTIVES: To perform a study on the surgical work of Abulcasis in the field of urology, to know the surgical tools and different techniques used, as well as the innovations applied to solve some features of urological diseases. METHODS: The part on urology from the book XXX by Tasrif, the edition from Strasbourg in 1532 was reviewed and translated from Latin. RESULTS: The author does not refer much to the clinical features of the various pathologies of the genitourinary apparatus; he focuses instead on the surgical treatment of them. The author usually used the "cautery" mainly to control hemorrhage in various operations. Some of these surgical practices are being used nowadays. CONCLUSIONS: Abulcasis was the first doctor born in Spain that studied the surgical treatment of urological diseases and performed a graphic study on the tools used. He introduced technical innovations on different operations and described for the first time the vesical lithotomy on women, and vesical and urethral lithotripsy.

La patología urológica en la obra de abulcasis / Urological diseases in the works of Abulcasis

OBJETIVO: Realizar un estudio de la obra quirúrgica de Abulcasis en el campo de la Urología, conocer el instrumental y las diferentes técnicas empleadas así como las innovaciones introducidas para solucionar algunos aspectos de la patología urológica. MÉTODOS: Se ha revisado y traducido del latín la parte urológica del libro XXX del Tasrif utilizando la edición editada en Estrasburgo en 1532. RESULTADOS: El autor apenas se refiere a los aspectos clínicos de las diferentes patologías del aparato genitourinario centrándose en el tratamiento quirúrgico de las mismas. Utiliza con asiduidad el cauterio sobre todo para controlar la hemorragia en las diferentes intervenciones. Se puede comprobar que algunos pasos quirúrgicos se continúan practicando en la actualidad. CONCLUSIONES: Abulcasis es el primer médico nacido en España que estudia el tratamiento quirúrgico de la patología urológica y que hace un estudio gráfico del instrumental utilizado. Aporta innovaciones técnicas en diversas intervenciones y describe por primera vez la talla vesical en la mujer, la litotricia vesical y uretral

OBJECTIVES: To perform a study on the surgical work of Abulcasis in the field of urology, to know the surgical tools and different techniques used, as well as the innovations applied to solve some features of urological diseases. METHODS: The part on urology from the book XXX by Tasrif, the edition from Strasbourg in 1532 was reviewed and translated from Latin. RESULTS: The author does not refer much to the clinical features of the various pathologies of the genitourinary apparatus; he focuses instead on the surgical treatment of them. The author usually used the «cautery» mainly to control hemorrhage in various operations. Some of these surgical practices are being used nowadays. CONCLUSIONS : Abulcasis was the first doctor born in Spain that studied the surgical treatment of urological diseases and performed a graphic study on the tools used. He introduced technical innovations on different operations and described for the first time the vesical lithotomy on women, and vesical and urethral lithotripsy (AU)