Endoscopy through the ages

Shah, Jyoti

doi:10.1046/j.1464-410x.2002.02726.x

Cited by 65 publications

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“…The physician Philipp Bozzini constructed at the beginning of the 19 th century an optical device which enabled to look deeper into the human cavities. Bozzini was born in Mainz Germany 1773 as a son of Italian immigrants (Doglietto et al 2005;Netzhat 2005;Shah 2002). He studied medicine in Mainz and Jena.…”

Section: The Problem and The First Technical Solution By Philipp Bozzinimentioning

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“…Although the basic development of endoscopes was associated with Germany and Austria, the serial production at the beginning of 20 th century shifted to US where Reinhold Wappler (Shah 2002) a manufacturer for medical instruments who emigrated 1890 from Germany to the United States founded the American Cystoscope Makers Incorporation (ACMI). Thus at the beginning of the 20 th century endoscopes mostly in form of Nitze type cystoscopes were available in the medical centres in the most American universities.…”

Section: First Clinical Applications Of Endoscopy In Neurosurgerymentioning

confidence: 99%

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Technical and Clinical Evolution of Modern Neuroendoscopy

Grunert¹,

Oertel²

2011

Advances in Endoscopic Surgery

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Section: The Problem and The First Technical Solution By Philipp Bozzinimentioning

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Section: First Clinical Applications Of Endoscopy In Neurosurgerymentioning

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Technical and Clinical Evolution of Modern Neuroendoscopy

Grunert¹,

Oertel²

2011

Advances in Endoscopic Surgery

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“…The major breakthrough in endoscope technology goes back to the work and inventions of Harold Horace Hopkins (1918Hopkins ( -1994, a professor of physics at the University of Reading, United Kingdom. 35,46 He would probably have remained only a recognized physicist if he had not been approached by H. Gainsborough at a dinner party in 1951. Gainsborough, a consultant physician, complained about the poor image quality and rigidity of available endoscopes.…”

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German neuroendoscopy above the skull base

Grunert¹,

Gaab

Hellwig

et al. 2009

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Endoscopy plays an important part in current minimally invasive neurosurgery. The concepts, indications, and standards of current neuroendoscopy were developed in the beginning of the 1990s by several groups of neurosurgeons. Several factors contributed to its success and acceptance, including technical development, influence of other disciplines, and adaptation to neurosurgical requirements. This historical survey focuses on the period when this technique initially emerged, including the scientific discussions of each group as well as the arguments and reasons that led to present intraventricular neuroendoscopy. Interestingly, despite the almost independent development of neuroendoscopic systems and techniques, the available systems and techniques applied these days grossly correspond. Rigid rod-lens endoscopes are generally accepted as the best option among the various available instrument sets. Nevertheless, frameless as well as frame-based stereotactic endoscopy and flexible steerable endoscopes might have their applications as well.

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“…Gemeinhin wird die Priorität David Newman aus Glasgow zugeschrieben, der sie 1883 an einem Zystoskop installiert hatte [25]. Nitze selbst stand der Mignon-Lampe zunächst skeptisch gegenüber, ließ sich indes 1886 von der Fa.…”

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“…Die neue Beleuchtungstechnik ermöglichte dem Untersuchenden erstmals einen diagnostisch hinreichenden Einblick in den Körper und zudem schuf sie die Voraussetzung für eine angemessene Dokumentation. Damit war erstmals ein funktionsfähiger Instrumententyp entwickelt, der die Leuchtquelle in das Körperinnere einbrachte, bei gleichzeitiger Unversehrtheit des Patienten: "The Mignon lamp was the most reliable source of light at the time and was unlikely to damage the bladder by heat, one of the biggest limitations in designs thus far" [25]. Diese technische Innovation schuf die Basis für die weitere Entwicklung hin zur fotoendoskopischen Dokumentation.…”

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Einblicke nehmen – die Sichtbarmachung des Unsichtbaren in der Urologie

Martin

Fangerau

2011

Urologe

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The tactile inspection of the bladder had a long tradition in urology. Examination results and their interpretation depended heavily on the individual tactile skills of the urologist. Because this examination method (if correctly applied) proved the artistic skills and experience of a doctor, urologists did not see any need to replace tactile examinations with a competing method.Nevertheless, urology as well as many other medical disciplines was receptive to techniques aiming at the visualization of pathology. Visualizations served the purposes of science-oriented medicine to be objective and to document examination results. However, it needed the development of specific technologies to create objective images. One major problem in urology was the question of how to light body cavities. After extracorporeal light sources had proven to be ineffective, attempts were made at bringing light sources into the interior of the body. It needed heated tungsten filaments and later mignon bulbs at the tip of endoscopes to illuminate the bladder to such an extent that images from the interior of the bladder could be produced. The paper examines the status of these images as self-evident and objective. It is argued that the images produced were not self-evident. It is shown how combinations of texts and images were needed to develop an endoscopic viewing technique in order to read endoscopic images properly and to recognize those aspects of endoscopic documentations which were necessary for correct interpretations of the images.

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Endoscopy through the ages

Cited by 65 publications

References 22 publications

Technical and Clinical Evolution of Modern Neuroendoscopy

Technical and Clinical Evolution of Modern Neuroendoscopy

German neuroendoscopy above the skull base

Einblicke nehmen – die Sichtbarmachung des Unsichtbaren in der Urologie

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