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The development of endoscopy from the invention of the first real endoscope by Adolf Kussmaul in 1868 to the presentation of the first flexible fiberglass endoscope by Hirschowitz at the 1958 World Congress for Gastroenterology in Washington, D.C. is a medical milestone.

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(2008). Evolution of Epiduroscopy. In: Epiduroscopy — Spinal Endoscopy. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-87546-8_1

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