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Introduction: The Clinical Problem

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Prostatic Obstruction

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Abstract

Male bladder outflow obstruction has presented a clinical problem throughout medical history. Catheters were used by the ancient Egyptians and Chinese as treatment for acute retention (Murphy, 1972). Jean Riolan the younger (1577–1657) is credited with being amongst the first to suggest that prostatic enlargement could result in mechanical obstruction to the bladder outflow tract (Shelley, 1965).

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Chapple, C.R. (1994). Introduction: The Clinical Problem. In: Prostatic Obstruction. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-1866-4_1

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