TY - JOUR A1 - Litynski, Grzegorz S. T1 - Laparoscopy between the World Wars : the barriers to Trans-Atlantic exchange ; spotlighting Heinz Kalk and John C. Ruddock T2 - Journal of the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons N2 - This profile of laparoscopic pioneers between the world wars "spotlights" Heinz Kalk, a German surgeon, and John C. Ruddock, an American internist. Social, political and economic upheavals characterized the decades between World War I and World War II and, along with geographic and communication restraints, permitted the concept of laparoscopy to develop differently in separate settings. Y1 - 1997 UR - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/26739 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-267399 UR - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3021276/ SN - 1086-8089 SN - 1938-3797 N1 - This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/), which permits for noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not altered in any way. VL - 1 IS - 2 SP - 185 EP - 188 PB - Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons CY - Miami, Fla. ER -