title: Fiberoptic endoscopy: the singular transformative event of our time.
authors.affiliation: Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Basil I. Hirschowitz Endoscopic Center of Excellence, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1720 2nd Ave., South, BDB 380, Birmingham, AL, 35294-0113, USA, melw@uab.edu.
authors.forename: C Mel
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Wilcox
mesh_terms: D020776:Endoscopes, Gastrointestinal / Q000266:history*; D005336:Fiber Optic Technology / Q000266:history*; D005767:Gastrointestinal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans