Georg Kelling

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Georg Kelling (1866-1945)

Georg Kelling (July 7, 1866 – 1945) was a German internist and surgeon born in Dresden.

He studied medicine at the Universities of Leipzig and Berlin. He earned his medical doctorate in 1890, and later worked as a physician at the city hospital in Dresden.

Kelling was a specialist concerning gastrointestinal physiology and anatomy. He is credited with performing the first laparoscopic examination, which he called "celioscopy". In 1901 he performed this procedure on the abdomen of a dog using a Nitze-cystoscope. Prior to cystoscopic viewing of the abdomen, Kelling insufflated it with filtered air via a device known as a trocar. Insufflation was used to create a pneumoperitoneum in order to prevent intra-abdominal bleeding.

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Biography of George Kelling
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Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 72301510 LCCN: no98096219 ISNI: 0000 0001 0986 6765 GND: 123457963

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Name	Kelling, Georg
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Short description	German surgeon
Date of birth	July 7, 1866
Place of birth
Date of death	1945
Place of death

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