Revolutionary Inventions in the 20th Century: The History of Endoscopy

Linder, Thomas; Simmen, Daniel; Stool, Sylvan E.

doi:10.1001/archotol.1997.01900110011001

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“…1 One of these technologies includes a device called Google Glass (Google, Inc., Mountain View, CA), hereafter referred to simply as Glass. This device allows the capture of video from the perspective of the wearer.…”

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Using google glass to solve communication and surgical education challenges in the operating room

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“…Therefore, in a matter of four decades since the hallmark innovations in rigid and flexible endoscope design, the entire field of operative urology has changed from about 10% of endoscopic surgery to more than 80% being performed by minimally invasive surgical techniques [1]. This fact brings me personally back to a statement George Berci made when I freshly arrived at University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA) in 1985: ''I have instruments that you can use in urology to access the entire urinary tract and visualize each and every part of urological organs.…”

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“…Endoscopically based techniques have revolutionized the entire field of surgical specialties over the past 50 years [1]. Currently, minimal access surgery is commonplace for considerable segments of surgical procedures across specialty lines.…”

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“…Whether we view urologic surgery from the standpoint of techniques (cystoscopy, ureteroscopy, percutaneous renal surgery, laparoscopic surgery), disease processes (stones, strictures, tumors, anatomic abnormalities), or location (urethra, bladder, ureter, kidney, adrenal, retroperitoneum), it is abundantly apparent that the advances in endoscopic system design (scopes, light sources, cameras, recording devices) have been the driving forces in the rapid evolution of minimally invasive procedures [1][2][3]. Combined with new technologies for stone comminution (ultrasound, electrohydraulic, pneumatic, laser), electrocautery, and tissue ablation (electrosurgical units, both uni-and bipolar; laser; harmonic scalpel; argon beam; cryoablation; radiofrequency ablation), endourology, the urologic subspecialty of minimally invasive surgery, has experienced an unprecedented rise over the past 25 years [14][15][16][17][18][19][20].…”

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Milestones in endoscope design for minimally invasive urologic surgery: the sentinel role of a pioneer

Fuchs

2006

Surg Endosc

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Endoscopically based techniques have revolutionized the entire field of surgical specialties over the past 50 years. Currently, minimal access surgery is commonplace for considerable segments of surgical procedures across specialty lines. Central to this revolution, and arguably foremost in its impact on the development of minimally invasive endoscopic surgery, was the development of the rod-lens optical system by Professor Harold H. Hopkins and the almost simultaneous development of the fiberoptic cold-light light source by Karl Storz. It was George Berci who acted as the catalyst in bringing these two men together in the early 1960s, and from that meeting ensued one of the most successful cooperations in the design of endoscopic equipment. Innovative surgeons quickly recognized the enormous potential of these inventions, and in this context, George Berci's work and vision provided the hallmark events leading to the clinical applications from which surgeons and their patients so greatly benefit currently. In urology, Berci's early work has been recognized as a sentinel event bringing endoscopic endoluminal surgery from the lower urinary tract (urethra, bladder, prostate) to the upper urinary tract (ureter, kidney), and eventually to extraluminal laparoendoscopic surgery. This work has been recognized by the Journal of Urology as a "milestone in urology" leading to the clinical application in the field of endoscopic surgery currently referred to as endourology. In this article, the current state-of-the-art urologic surgery for the management of stone disease, urologic tumors, and anatomic abnormalities is presented, which to a great extent has its roots in George Berci's contributions to the field of innovative endoscope design.

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“…Sinus surgery has come a long way after the advent of endoscopes in the mid 1950's by Dr. Hopkins, professor of optics at Reading [1]. Prior to the endoscopic era, sinus surgery was done by various techniques which included probing of the frontal sinus as well as irrigation of the sinus [2].…”

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A Short Term Subjective and Objective Analysis of Modified Endoscopic Lothrop’s Procedure and Its Functional Outcome: Our Experience

Nayak

Vaishali

Nair

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Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg

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To study the short-term functional outcomes of the endoscopic modified Lothrop procedure with well defined subjective and objective criteria. It's a retrospective cohort study with chart review carried out at a tertiary referral center. 31 patients with chronic frontal sinusitis who underwent endoscopic modified Lothrop's procedure with uncinate preservation during the period Jan 2011-2014 were followed up for a period of minimum 6 months. Assessment was done post-operatively based on subjective severity score and Kennedy's 5 point endoscopic criteria. Subjective improvement was seen in all symptoms whereas statistically significant improvement was found for the three parameters headache (p \ 0.025), nose block (p \ 0.03) and rhinorrhea (p \ 0.05). Post operative nasal endoscopy revealed crusting and polypoidal mucosa in few patients which were managed conservatively. Asymptomatic narrowing of ostium seen in two patients. No complications were identified. The study illustrates the benefit obtained from endoscopic modified Lothrop's surgery in chronic frontal sinusitis refractory to medical treatment and standard endoscopic sinus surgery.

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Revolutionary Inventions in the 20th Century: The History of Endoscopy

Cited by 63 publications

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Using google glass to solve communication and surgical education challenges in the operating room

Using google glass to solve communication and surgical education challenges in the operating room

Milestones in endoscope design for minimally invasive urologic surgery: the sentinel role of a pioneer

A Short Term Subjective and Objective Analysis of Modified Endoscopic Lothrop’s Procedure and Its Functional Outcome: Our Experience

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