Constant flow Resectoscope

R.A.S. HEMAT, MB;BCh, FRCSI, Dip. Urol. UCL


McCarthy in 1932 introduced his direct-vision resectoscope.

The earliest form of diathermy loop resectoscope was described in 1933 by McCarthy and Stern.

In 1975 Iglesias introduced the constant flow resectoscope.


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