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History & Lineage

History & Lineage covers the surgeons, patients and problems behind reconstructive urology and urogynecology. It follows urethral surgery from Sushruta's reed catheters to robotic urethroplasty, the line from Sims's fistula work and Howard Kelly's teaching to modern urogynecology, and the collaboration of F. Brantley Scott (Baylor College of Medicine) with William Bradley and Gerald Timm (University of Minnesota) that produced the inflatable penile prosthesis and the artificial urinary sphincter. It also traces named techniques such as the McCall, Burch, Pereyra, Turner-Warwick, Webster, McAninch and Raz procedures to the clinical problems that prompted them.

The History pages describe how technique evolved in four domains: urethral surgery, prolapse and urogynecology, prosthetics and erectile dysfunction, and urinary diversion. The Surgical Genealogy page maps fellowship training lines in the two reconstructive subspecialties, GURS (genitourinary reconstructive surgery) and URPS (urogynecology and reconstructive pelvic surgery), with a searchable directory of surgeons.

  • HistoryHow urethral surgery, prolapse and incontinence surgery, prosthetic and ED treatment, and urinary diversion developed.
  • Surgical GenealogyMentor and trainee lineages of GURS and URPS fellowships, with a searchable surgeon directory.