FREE NEJM E-TOC    HOME   |   SUBSCRIBE   |   CURRENT ISSUE   |   PAST ISSUES   |   COLLECTIONS   |   Search Term  Advanced Search

Sign in | Get NEJM's E-Mail Table of Contents — Free | Subscribe

Previous Volume 331:55-56 July 7, 1994 Number 1 Next

	Since this article has no abstract, we have provided an extract of the first 100 words of the full text and any section headings.

	Full Text Purchase this article Add to Personal Archive Add to Citation Manager Notify a Friend E-mail When Cited Related Article by Soper, N. J. PubMed Citation

To the Editor: The article by Soper et al. (Feb. 10 issue)¹ reviews the development of laparoscopy with respect to general surgery. However, the authors omit a group of surgeons who were the forerunners of today's laparoscopic surgeons. Gynecologists recognized and promoted the benefits of laparoscopic surgery at least 10 years before general surgeons adopted the technique. The work of Semm, Gomel, Bruhat, and Nezhat, among others, played an integral part in the revolution in operative laparoscopy. Many of the technological advances that made laparoscopy what it is today were developed by gynecologists, including the use of cameras with video-recording . . . [Full Text of this Article]

References

HOME  |  SUBSCRIBE  |  SEARCH  |  CURRENT ISSUE  |  PAST ISSUES  |  COLLECTIONS  |  PRIVACY  |  HELP  |  beta.nejm.org Comments and questions? Please contact us. The New England Journal of Medicine is owned, published, and copyrighted © 2008 Massachusetts Medical Society. All rights reserved.