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ArticleSurgical endoscopy2024

Sustainability in surgical practice: a collaborative call toward environmental sustainability in operating rooms.

Shaneeta M Johnson, Stefania Marconi, Manuel Sanchez-Casalongue, Nader Francis, Bright Huo, Adnan Alseidi, Yewande R Alimi, Andrea Pietrabissa, Alberto Arezzo, Maximos Frountzas and 18 more

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Article in Surgical endoscopy, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

28 authors.

Shaneeta M JohnsonDepartment of Surgery, Morehouse School of Medicine, 720 Westview Drive, Atlanta, GA, 30310, USA. smjohnsonmd@aol.com.ORCID 0000-0001-6196-440X
Stefania MarconiDepartment of Civil Engineering and Architecture, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy.
Manuel Sanchez-CasalongueDepartment of Surgery, Clinica San Camilo, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Nader FrancisGriffin Institute, London, UK.
Bright HuoDepartment of General Surgery, McMaster University, Ontario, CA, USA.
Adnan AlseidiDepartment of Surgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, USA.
Yewande R AlimiDepartment of Surgery, Medstar Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC, USA.
Andrea PietrabissaDepartment of General Surgery, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy.
Alberto ArezzoDepartment of Surgical Sciences, University of Turin, Turin, Italy.
Maximos FrountzasFirst Propaedeutic Department of Surgery, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Hippocration General Hospital, Athens, Greece.
Vittoria BellatoDepartment of Minimally Invasive Surgery, University Hospital of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy.
Oleksii PotapovDepartment of General Surgery, College of Medicine, University of Rzeszow, Rzeszow, Poland.
Paul BarachThomas Jefferson University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, USA.
Miran RemsDepartment of General and Abdominal Surgery, General Hospital Jesenice, Jesenice, Slovenia.
Ricardo J BelloDepartment of Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, USA.
Sheetal NijhawanDepartment of Surgery, Sharon Regional Medical Center, Sharon, PA, USA.
Wendelyn M OslockDepartment of Surgery, University of Alabama Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.
Tejas S SatheDepartment of Surgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, USA.
Ryan P HallDepartment of Surgery, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA.
Benjamin MillerCleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, USA.
Sarah SamreenDivision of Minimally Invasive Surgery, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA.
Jimmy ChungAdventus Health Partners, Cincinnati, OH, USA.
Nana MarfoRoss University School of Medicine, Miramar, FL, USA.
Robert B LimDepartment of Surgery, Wake Forest University, Atrium Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, NC, USA.
Jonathan VandebergDepartment of Surgery, Mayo Clinic Florida, Jacksonville, FL, USA.
Myrthe M EussenDepartment of Surgery, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
Nicole D BouvyDepartment of Surgery, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
Patricia SyllaDivision of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Mount Sinai Health System, New York, NY, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe healthcare system plays a pivotal role in environmental sustainability, and the operating room (OR) significantly contributes to its overall carbon footprint. In response to this critical challenge, leading medical societies, government bodies, regulatory agencies, and industry stakeholders are taking measures to address healthcare sustainability and its impact on climate change. Healthcare now represents almost 20% of the US national economy and 8.5% of US carbon emissions. Internationally, healthcare represents 5% of global carbon emissions. US Healthcare is an outlier in both per capita cost, and per capita greenhouse gas emission, with almost twice per capita emissions compared to every other country in the world.

methodsThe Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES) and the European Association for Endoscopic Surgery (EAES) established the Sustainability in Surgical Practice joint task force in 2023. This collaborative effort aims to actively promote education, mitigation, and innovation, steering surgical practices toward a more sustainable future.

resultsSeveral key initiatives have included a survey of members' knowledge and awareness, a scoping review of terminology, metrics, and initiatives, and deep engagement of key stakeholders. DISCUSSION: This position paper serves as a Call to Action, proposing a series of actions to catalyze and accelerate the surgical sustainability leadership needed to respond effectively to climate change, and to lead the societal transformation towards health that our times demand.

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Carbon FootprintClimate ChangeOperating RoomsHumansSustainable DevelopmentUnited StatesCarbon footprintClimate changeDecarbonizationEnvironmental sustainabilityGreenhouse gas emissionsGreen operating roomsMinimally invasive surgerySurgical practiceSurgical sustainability

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PMCPMC11289051

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