Publications
Publications
- 2020
- HBS Working Paper Series
Laparoscopy: Case Histories of Significant Medical Advances
By: Amar Bhidé, Caitlin N. Bowler and Srikant M. Datar
Abstract
We describe how operations through laparoscopes – tubular instruments inserted into abdominal cavities – revolutionized gynecological and other surgeries inside the abdomen such as gall bladder removal. Specifically we chronicle the: 1) foundational contributions of gynecologists in France and Germany in the 1960; 2) development of female sterilization and infertility treatments (that used laparoscopes) in Britain in the 1970s; 3) transformation of gall bladder removal surgery in the US in the late 1980s, which set the stage for other “minimally invasive” surgical procedures and, 4) geographic dissemination of these procedures.
Keywords
Health Care and Treatment; Technological Innovation; Innovation Strategy; Technology Adoption; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Innovation and Invention; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms
Citation
Bhidé, Amar, Caitlin N. Bowler, and Srikant M. Datar. "Laparoscopy: Case Histories of Significant Medical Advances." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 20-008, July 2019. (Revised July 2020.)
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