It is impossible to determine at what stage during the evolution of the human species the art of surgery first emerged. Most probably it was when a clever and daring healer realized that "what cannot be healed by medicine can be healed by the scalpel." Numerous findings, both prehistoric and later, suggest the application of surgical techniques for the treatment of various ailments.

Very early in the evolution of surgery, it was realized that surgical trauma triggers reactions and is responsible for the appearance of undesirable effects such as pain, bleeding, infections, ileus, etc. Since the beginning of the previous century, efforts had begun to reduce surgical trauma without altering the final result. After much experimentation the result was the first Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy in 1987, an achievement which paved the way for the magical world of Minimally Invasive or Laparoscopic Surgery.