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The introduction of a new surgical procedure or technique is always hailed by a volley of conflicting opinions regarding its application, and considerable time must elapse before its acceptance becomes general and its indications standardized. Factional disparity has been particularly rife in the history of endoscopic prostatic surgery, ranging from the operator who finds almost no indications for the transurethral approach to the one who treats practically one hundred per cent of his cases by this means. The younger generation of urologists is more enthusiastic about endoscopic prostatic surgery than are its elders, and men who have been schooled in centers where this operation is in current usage are more ardent supporters than those who have served their apprenticeship where the older types of prostatectomy prevail. Thus, a urologist’s training is the prime influence which molds his judgment concerning the relative merit of the different operative methods.
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Barnes, R.W., Bergman, R.T., Hadley, H.L. (1959). Endoscopic surgery—a specialty within a specialty. In: Endoscopy. Handbuch der Urologie / Encyclopedia of Urology / Encyclopédie d’Urologie, vol 6. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-86571-8_15
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