Twenty years after Erich Muhe: Persisting controversies with the gold standard of laparoscopic cholecystectomy

This review article is a tribute to the genius of Professor Erich Muhe, a man ahead of his times. We trace the development of laparoscopic cholecystectomy and detail the tribulations faced by Muhe. On the occasion of the twentieth anniversary of the first laparoscopic cholecystectomy, we take anothe...

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Main Authors: Jani Kalpesh, Rajan P, Sendhilkumar K, Palanivelu C
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2006-01-01
Series:Journal of Minimal Access Surgery
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Online Access:http://www.journalofmas.com/article.asp?issn=0972-9941;year=2006;volume=2;issue=2;spage=49;epage=58;aulast=Jani
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description This review article is a tribute to the genius of Professor Erich Muhe, a man ahead of his times. We trace the development of laparoscopic cholecystectomy and detail the tribulations faced by Muhe. On the occasion of the twentieth anniversary of the first laparoscopic cholecystectomy, we take another look at some of the controversies surrounding this gold standard in the management of gallbladder disease
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Twenty years after Erich Muhe: Persisting controversies with the gold standard of laparoscopic cholecystectomy
Journal of Minimal Access Surgery
Controversies
Erich Muhe
laparoscopic cholecystectomy
title Twenty years after Erich Muhe: Persisting controversies with the gold standard of laparoscopic cholecystectomy
title_full Twenty years after Erich Muhe: Persisting controversies with the gold standard of laparoscopic cholecystectomy
title_fullStr Twenty years after Erich Muhe: Persisting controversies with the gold standard of laparoscopic cholecystectomy
title_full_unstemmed Twenty years after Erich Muhe: Persisting controversies with the gold standard of laparoscopic cholecystectomy
title_short Twenty years after Erich Muhe: Persisting controversies with the gold standard of laparoscopic cholecystectomy
title_sort twenty years after erich muhe persisting controversies with the gold standard of laparoscopic cholecystectomy
topic Controversies
Erich Muhe
laparoscopic cholecystectomy
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