Wilms made several contributions as a surgeon, and is credited for introducing a partial rib perineal prostatectomy via lateral incision.
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If the results showed cancer, a perineal prostatectomy and orchiectomy was performed on the men, followed by diethylstilbestrol treatment.
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He performed the first perineal prostatectomy in France, and is credited with introducing the so-called " Albarr�n lever ", a device used for adjusting the movements of a cystoscope during the catheterization of the ureter.
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Hugh H . Young, MD in collaboration with William Stewart Halsted, MD developed the open, radical, perineal prostatectomy in 1904 at Johns Hopkins Brady Urological Institute, the first version of the procedure that became generally feasible.