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Veterinary minimally invasive surgery (MIS) as a surgical technique is unique, as it had its origin in human application. Other biomedical techniques were traditionally developed in animal models and later applied to human patients. Therefore, the history of small animal laparoscopy has to start with the overall history of laparoscopy. Parallel with the developments in laparoscopy were work in the chest cavity, but as much of the development were driven by urologists and gynecologists, the text below will often use the term laparoscopy interchangeably with MIS.