Imperial College London
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ProfessorRogerKneebone

Faculty of Medicine, Department of Surgery & Cancer

Professor of Surgical Education and Engagement Science
 
 
 
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r.kneebone Website

 
 
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Location

 

ICCESS, Academic SurgeryChelsea and Westminster HospitalChelsea and Westminster Campus

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Summary

 

Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@article{Palfreyman:2018:10.1136/medhum-2016-011176,
author = {Palfreyman, H and Kneebone, RL},
doi = {10.1136/medhum-2016-011176},
journal = {Medical Humanities},
pages = {165--171},
title = {Blind alleys and dead ends: researching innovation in late 20th century surgery},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/medhum-2016-011176},
volume = {44},
year = {2018}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - This article examines the fortunes of one particular surgical innovation in the treatment of gallstones in the late 20th century; the percutaneous cholecystolithotomy (PCCL). This was an experimental procedure which was trialled and developed in the early days of minimally invasive surgery and one which fairly rapidly fell out of favour. Using diverse research methods from textual analysis to oral history to re-enactment, the authors explore the rise and fall of the PCCL demonstrating that such apparent failures are as crucial a part of innovation histories as the triumphs and have much light to shed on the development of surgery more generally.
AU  - Palfreyman,H
AU  - Kneebone,RL
DO  - 10.1136/medhum-2016-011176
EP  - 171
PY  - 2018///
SN  - 1473-4265
SP  - 165
TI  - Blind alleys and dead ends: researching innovation in late 20th century surgery
T2  - Medical Humanities
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/medhum-2016-011176
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/56273
VL  - 44
ER  -
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