History of minimal access surgery

History of minimal access surgery

The first experimental laparoscopic procedure was performed by Kelling in 1901. Jacobaeus performed the first thoracoscopy in 1910, again using a cystoscope; however, it took another 70 years before Steptoe in the UK developed laparoscopy for treatment of infertility and Mouret performed the first video-laparoscopic cholecystectomy in 1987. Since laparo scopic techniques became widely adopted in the mid-1990s, minimal access surgery has developed into a multidisciplinary approach that crosses all traditional specialty boundaries and serves the patient as a w hole and not specific organ systems. History of minimal access surgery

The first experimental laparoscopic procedure was performed by Kelling in 1901. Jacobaeus performed the first thoracoscopy in 1910, again using a cystoscope; however, it took another 70 years before Steptoe in the UK developed laparoscopy for treatment of infertility and Mouret performed the first video-laparoscopic cholecystectomy in 1987. Since laparo scopic techniques became widely adopted in the mid-1990s, minimal access surgery has developed into a multidisciplinary approach that crosses all traditional specialty boundaries and serves the patient as a w hole and not specific organ systems. History of minimal access surgery

The first experimental laparoscopic procedure was performed by Kelling in 1901. Jacobaeus performed the first thoracoscopy in 1910, again using a cystoscope; however, it took another 70 years before Steptoe in the UK developed laparoscopy for treatment of infertility and Mouret performed the first video-laparoscopic cholecystectomy in 1987. Since laparo scopic techniques became widely adopted in the mid-1990s, minimal access surgery has developed into a multidisciplinary approach that crosses all traditional specialty boundaries and serves the patient as a w hole and not specific organ systems.