Surgical innovation and the multiple meanings of randomized controlled trials: the first RCT on minimally invasive cholecystectomy (1980–2000)

CL Tang, T Schlich - Journal of the history of medicine and …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
This article uses the case of the first randomized controlled trial (RCT) evaluating
laparoscopic cholecystectomy to investigate the introduction of minimally invasive surgery in …

[HTML][HTML] Mapping a competency-based surgical curriculum in urology: Agreement (and discrepancies) in the Canadian national opinion

KF Rourke, AE MacNeily - Canadian Urological Association …, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Methods: A web-based survey was validated and sent to the 536 practicing members of the
Canadian Urological Association (CUA) in August and October 2014. The survey consisted …

[BOOK][B] Technological Change in “Ordinary Medicine”: The Emergence of Minimally Invasive Gallbladder Surgery, c. 1970-1992

C Tang - 2021 - search.proquest.com
This dissertation examines the emergence of minimally invasive gallbladder removal, or
laparoscopic cholecystectomy in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Its rapid adoption is often …