Surgery 101
441. From Fiber to Video: The Visual Revolution in Endoscopy and Laparoscopy
- Author: Vários
- Narrator: Vários
- Publisher: Podcast
- Duration: 0:11:06
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Synopsis
By the mid-20th century, endoscopy's long-standing challenge of safely illuminating internal structures was transformed by postwar advances—especially Harold Hopkins's 1950s rod-lens system, which enabled brighter, distortion-free, miniaturized imaging that could reliably guide clinical decisions.