logo
episode-header-image
Jul 2016
18m 5s

Episode 23 - The History of Laparoscopy,...

TYLER ROUSE
About this episode

In part two of the series, we will pick up where we left off, at the dawn of the age of laparoscopy. This episode will introduce some of the innovators that pushed forward the technology and we'll learn about some of the obstacles that they had to overcome. Finally, we will get to the present day, and set up for the third part in the series on the future of laparoscopy!

Up next
Jun 14
Episode 115 - Sit up and take notice: The Fowler Position
In this episode, we will talk about the Fowler position in surgery, its current and historical uses, the person behind the name, and the legend of its development. Along the way, we'll cover the origins of the Red Cross and Geneva Convention, the discovery of the pancreatic duct, ... Show More
24m 37s
Mar 2025
Episode 114 - "Troubled Masterpiece": The Controversial Pernkopf Atlas
In this episode, we'll explore the history of the Pernkopf Atlas, an anatomy text used by surgeons and pathologists worldwide, as well as the life of it's creator, Eduard Pernkopf. He was a professor at the University of Vienna and avowed Nazi, and this link has made the use of h ... Show More
27m 14s
Feb 2024
Episode 113 - Better know an instrument: Potts Scissors
In this episode, we'll meet the person behind the eponymously named scissors, the American pediatric surgeon Willis J. Potts. We'll cover his contributions to the development of surgery specifically for children, and in particular the operations on the heart that he pioneered. Th ... Show More
21m 48s
Recommended Episodes
Jan 2022
Episode 49 - TRAUMA with Dr. Ken Mattox: Part II
In the second episode of a two-part series, Dr. Mattox shares his insights and thoughts on hot research topics in trauma in need of investigation. Additionally, he helps us to envision what acute trauma management may look like in the future, while also sharing with us how his bo ... Show More
28m 36s
Apr 2023
VOS: MASH - Part 2
Vascular Origin Stories is a podcast series that explores the fun and engaging stories that shaped vascular surgery.   Today’s episode will be the second part of a multi-episode series exploring how the young battalion surgeons serving in MASH units in the Korean war pioneered wa ... Show More
28m 19s
Feb 2022
Tracking Outbreaks through Sewers, and Kids' Vaccines on Hold Again: COVID Quickly, Episode 24
Today we bring you a new episode in our podcast series COVID, Quickly. Every two weeks, Scientific American’s senior health editors Tanya Lewis and Josh Fischman catch you up on the essential developments in the pandemic: from vaccines to new variants and everything in between. Y ... Show More
7m 18s
Dec 2020
Episode 33 - Harbor-UCLA Anesthesia Grand Rounds "Resuscitative Thoracotomy (and some stuff on crics)"
In this follow-up episode to our discussion with Dr. Scott Weingart of EMCrit, we review the indications for performing a resuscitative thoracotomy, together with the potential application of a circulation first resuscitation strategy, and some intricacies regarding performing a ... Show More
28m 8s
Feb 2022
More Kids Get COVID, Long Haulers and a Vaccine Milestone: COVID Quickly, Episode 23
Today we bring you a new episode in our podcast series COVID, Quickly. Every two weeks, Scientific American’s senior health editors Tanya Lewis and Josh Fischman catch you up on the essential developments in the pandemic: from vaccines to new variants and everything in between. Y ... Show More
7m 43s
Aug 2023
Looi Ee - The Challenging Colonoscopy: Down Under Edition
In our third international episode, hosts Drs. Peter Lu and Jason Silverman talk to Dr. Looi Ee about completing the challenging colonoscopy. Dr. Ee is a pediatric gastroenterologist at Queensland Children's Hospital in Brisbane, Australia, and leads the endoscopy and intest ... Show More
55m 13s
Dec 2021
COVID Quickly, Episode 20: The Omicron Scare, and Anti-COVID Pills Are Coming
Today we bring you a new episode in our podcast series COVID, Quickly. Every two weeks, Scientific American’s senior health editors Tanya Lewis and Josh Fischman catch you up on the essential developments in the pandemic: from vaccines to new variants and everything in between. Y ... Show More
8m 2s
Apr 2022
Venturing Back to the Office and the Benefits of Hybrid Immunity: COVID Quickly, Episode 28
Today we bring you a new episode in our podcast series COVID, Quickly. Every two weeks, Scientific American’s senior health editors Tanya Lewis and Josh Fischman catch you up on the essential developments in the pandemic: from vaccines to new variants and everything in between. Y ... Show More
8m 7s
Mar 2021
Episode 195: Invention and Device Development in Anesthesiology with Trevor Gibbs
In this 195th Episode I welcome Dr. Trevor Gibbs to the show to discuss the process of taking an idea all the way to market as a new device. He talks through how he came up with his novel idea for a unique anesthesia stand, the long process of developing a company, getting a pate ... Show More
1h 12m