ArticleAnnals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England2021
Our over-reliance on single-use equipment in the operating theatre is misguided, irrational and harming our planet.
Article in Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.
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- Comparative carbon footprinting study of reusable vs. disposable instruments in cataract surgery.Eye (London, England) · 2025Article
- Mitigating the environmental effects of healthcare: the role of the endocrinologist.Nature reviews. Endocrinology · 2025Review
- Measuring and improving the cradle-to-grave environmental performance of urological procedures.Nature reviews. Urology · 2025Review
- Sustainability in Reconstructive Breast Surgery: An Eco-audit of the Deep Inferior Epigastric Perforator Flap Pathway.Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open · 2024Article
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- Healing patient, harming planet? A drive towards sustainable surgery: review of waste production and recyclability of surgical instrument packaging.Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England · 2024Article
- How Ophthalmologists Can Decarbonize Eye Care: A Review of Existing Sustainability Strategies and Steps Ophthalmologists Can Take.Ophthalmology · 2023Review
- The carbon footprint of products used in five common surgical operations: identifying contributing products and processes.Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine · 2023Article
- "The wheel is come full circle" - Sustainability in surgery.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2022Article
- Does wearing facemasks during small animal surgery reduce the incidence of surgical site infections?Veterinary evidenceReview
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