Georg Kelling

Georg Kelling (7 July 1866 – 14 February 1945) was a German internist and surgeon who was a laparoscopy pioneer and in 1901 performed the first laparoscopic surgery on a dog.

He earned his medical doctorate in 1890, and later worked as a physician at the city hospital in Dresden.

He is credited with performing the first laparoscopic examination, a procedure he referred to as "celioscopy".

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.