[History of prostatic adenomectomy]

Treatment of the prostate hypertrophy has long been limited to that of its complications and particularly to retention linked with congestion of this gland. The different operating techniques appear only in the 19th century in parallel with a better knowledge in the pathogenesis of this gland; the different schools in urology competing with various approaches from perinea to hypogastria surgery. The 21st century and its innovating technologies bring in a new era where the laser and coeliosurgery will find their respective place.