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In the 1990 at the dawn of the laparoscopic surgery era, Miller published a review on Gastroenterology titled “Laparoscopic cholecystectomy: passing fancy or legitimate treatment option?” [1]. A few years after the first laparoscopic cholecystectomy by Mouret in the 1987, some doubts arose about the future of this new surgical approach. However, against every criticism, the revolution began; only 2 years after Soper et al. published an article titled “Laparoscopic cholecystectomy. The new ‘gold standard’?” [2]. Quickly, the historical cliché “the bigger the incision, the better the surgeon” yielded to “the smaller the incision, the better the surgeon”.
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Giuliani, A., Patriti, A. (2013). Perspectives: Where Shall We Be 20 Years from Now?. In: Calise, F., Casciola, L. (eds) Minimally Invasive Surgery of the Liver. Updates in Surgery. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-2664-3_43
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