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. 2011 Jul;7(3):165-8.
doi: 10.4103/0972-9941.83506.

Who did the first laparoscopic cholecystectomy?

Craig A Blum  1 , David B Adams
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Who did the first laparoscopic cholecystectomy?

Craig A Blum et al. J Minim Access Surg. 2011 Jul.

Abstract

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) has served as the igniting spark in the laparoscopic surgery explosion; however, it is unclear who created the spark. The question remains: Who did the first LC?

Keywords: Galloscope; History of laparoscopy; Mouret; Muhe; Perissat; laparoscopic cholecystectomy.

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Conflict of Interest: None declared.

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