title: [Laparoscopic cholecystectomy as trendsetter in minimal-invasive surgery].
abstract: Only 10 years after the introduction of laparoscopic cholecystectomy in 1986 this method has become the "gold-standard" in the treatment of uncomplicated and complicated gallbladder disease. Laparoscopic cholecystectomy was so successfull, that it became the trendsetter in minimal-invasive surgery leading to revolutionary changes in all fields of surgery. Although nowadays self-evident, minimal-invasive surgery passed through a protracted and hindrance history of development. In this article we will review the history of laparoscopy and laparoscopic cholecystectomy and discuss its influence in the development of minimal-invasive surgery.
authors.affiliation: Chirurgische Abteilung, Spital Bern, Tiefenau, Bern.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Holzinger
authors.forename: Ch
authors.initials: Ch
authors.lastname: Klaiber
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017081:Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic / Q000266:history; D005260:Female; D005544:Forecasting; D005602:France; D005705:Gallbladder Diseases / Q000601:surgery; D005858:Germany; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000266:history*; D008297:Male; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures; D011247:Pregnancy; D014481:United States