I Am Number 3 or 4?: Presidential Lecture at KSELS 2019

Laparoscopic surgery has grown gradually out of endoscopy and arrived at its present form progressively through leaps of intuition, making it difficult to attribute credit to its discovery.1 A history of laparoscopy is the history of endoscopy and of light sources and optics. The history begins with...

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Published in:Journal of minimally invasive surgery 2019, 22(2), , pp.51-54
Main Author: Lee, Sang-Mok
Format: Article
Language:English
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Presidential Address
일반외과학
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Summary:Laparoscopic surgery has grown gradually out of endoscopy and arrived at its present form progressively through leaps of intuition, making it difficult to attribute credit to its discovery.1 A history of laparoscopy is the history of endoscopy and of light sources and optics. The history begins with Hippocrates (460~375 BC) who used a rectal speculum.2 Throughout the ages, the management of disease processes has been particularly exemplified in the open cavity.3 The establishment of open-cavity endoscopic procedures was followed by the development of closed-cavity endoscopy.2 KCI Citation Count: 0
ISSN:2234-778X
2234-5248
DOI:10.7602/jmis.2019.22.2.51