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