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The contributions of Heinz Kalk in Germany and John Ruddock in the United States were seminal in the development of laparoscopic approaches to the biliary tract.
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Kalk H, Bruhl, W: Leitfaden der laparoskopie und Gastroskopie. Stuttgart, Thieme, 1951.
Ruddock, JC: Peritoneoscopy: a critical clinical review. Surg Clin North Am 37:1249, 1957
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Berci, G., Greene, F.L. (2021). Laparoscopy. In: No Stones Left Unturned. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-76845-4_11
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