Litynski G S
Clinic for General Surgery, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt/Main, Germany.
JSLS. 1998 Apr-Jun;2(2):197-200.
Work on tubal insufflation marked the beginning of Kurt Semm's (b. 1927) scientific career. In the early 1960s, he directed his attention to the fact that, from a technical standpoint, tubal insufflation was similar to creating pneumoperitoneum. In the mid-1960s, Semm--himself a gynecologist--investiged his time and financial resources and risked his university career to develop an automatic abdominal insufflation device. Later he tried it out in the Clinic for Internal Medicine. Since, at that time, the term "laparoscopy" had negative connotations associated with it, Semm formulated a new term "pelviscopy." In 1967, Semm presented his invention to Melvin Cohen, an American pioneer of gynecological laparoscopy, at the meeting of the American Fertility Society, held in Washington.
输卵管通气术的研究标志着库尔特·塞姆（生于1927年）科学事业的开端。20世纪60年代初，他注意到，从技术角度来看，输卵管通气术与制造气腹相似。20世纪60年代中期，身为妇科医生的塞姆投入了自己的时间、财力，并冒着大学教职不保的风险，研发了一种自动腹部充气装置。后来他在内科诊所进行了试用。由于当时“腹腔镜检查”一词带有负面含义，塞姆创造了一个新术语“盆腔镜检查”。1967年，塞姆在美国生育协会于华盛顿召开的会议上，向美国妇科腹腔镜检查先驱梅尔文·科恩展示了他的发明。
