John Wickham (urologist)

John Wickham
Born(1927-12-10)10 December 1927
Chichester, West Sussex, England, United Kingdom
Died26 October 2017(2017-10-26) (aged 89)
CitizenshipBritish
EducationChichester Grammar School
St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical School
OccupationUrologist
Known forCoined the term "minimally invasive surgery".
Medical career
Awards

John Ewart Alfred Wickham (10 December 1927 – 26 October 2017) was a British urologist and surgeon, who was a pioneer of keyhole surgery and the autonomous transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP) robot, foreseeing the subsequent revolution in robotic surgery.

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