TY - JOUR AU1 - Sandor, J. AU2 - Ballagi, F. AU3 - Nagy, A. AU4 - Rákóczi, I. AB - History Surg Endosc (2000) 14: 201–202 © Springer-Verlag New York Inc. 2000 DOI: 10.1007/s004649900101 Homage to Ja ´ nos Veres 1 1 2 3 J. Sandor, F. Ballagi, A. Nagy, I. Ra ´ko ´ czi 3 Surgical Department, Semmelweis University Medical School, Nagyva ´rad te ´r 1, H-1096 Budapest, Hungary Lumnitzer Sa ´ndor Hospital, Dr. Lumnitzer S.u. 10, H-9331 Kapuva ´r, Hungary Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Szent Imre Hospital, Te ´te ´nyi u ´ t 12/16, H-1115 Budapest, Hungary Received and accepted: December 14, 1999 There is no procedure other than laparoscopic cholecystec- Hungary (the disease was often called as “morbus Hungari- tomy that spread worldwide so rapidly. Gynecologic inter- cus”), and a special and useful treatment was the pneumo- ventions performed by the laparoscopic way were widely thorax creation of the affected side of the chest. There were used in several countries previously, however, the laparo- many complicated methods to prevent injuries of the lung scopic revolution began practically in the late 1980s when while getting through the thoracic wall, but none of them the method conquered general surgery. Today one can was safe. Veres used his own special, spring-loaded needle hardly find a procedure in abdominal TI - A needle-puncture that helped to change the world of surgery JF - Surgical Endoscopy DO - 10.1007/s004649900101 DA - 2014-03-02 UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/springer-journals/a-needle-puncture-that-helped-to-change-the-world-of-surgery-Y0OoXufc8x SP - 201 EP - 202 VL - 14 IS - 2 DP - DeepDyve ER -