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. 2010 May 14;16(18):2317–2320. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v16.i18.2317

Table 5.

Introduction of some major gastroenterology achievements in Western countries and Hungary[2-6]

Achievement International application (year, author, location) Hungarian application (year, author, location)
Rigid gastroscopy 1868 (A. Kussmaul, Freiburg) 1902 (J. Zimmermann, Budapest)
Gastric resection 1880 (L. Rydiger, Vienna) 1900 (M. Herczel, Budapest)
Radiography 1895 (K. Roentgen, Würzburg) 1896 (J. Klupathy, Budapest)
Cholecystectomy 1881 (C. Langenbuch, Berlin) 1889 (D. Velits, Budapest)
Liver biopsy 1938 (I. Silverman, New York) 1948 (L. Friedrich, Budapest)
Vagotomy 1943 (L. Dragstedt, Chicago) 1948 (E. Hedri, Budapest)
B-mode abdominal ultrasound 1957 (I. McDonald, London) 1973 (Á. Szebeni, Budapest)
Fiberoptic gastroscopy 1958 (B. Hirschowitz, Birmingham, USA) 1965 (T. Jávor, Debrecen)
Fiberoptic colonoscopy 1970 (F. Matsunaga, Tokyo) 1972 (L. Simon, Jászberény)
Endoscopic retrograde cholangio-pancreatography 1970 (I. Oi, Tokyo) 1971 (L. Sáfrány, Budapest)
Endoscopic sphincterotomy 1973 (M. Classen, Munich) 1976 (J. Papp, Budapest)
Liver transplantation 1967 (T. Starzl, Denver) 1995 F. Perner, Budapest)
Laparoscopic cholecystectomy 1985 (T. Mühe, Bobelein) 1990 (I. Kiss, Pécs)
Capsule endoscopy 2000 (P. Swain, London) 2002 (I. Rácz, Győr)