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ArticleSurgical endoscopy2024

Scoping review for the SAGES EAES joint collaborative on sustainability in surgical practice.

Bright Huo, M M M Eussen, Stefania Marconi, Shaneeta M Johnson, Nader Francis, Wendelyn M Oslock, Nana Marfo, Oleksii Potapov, Ricardo J Bello, Robert B Lim 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 12 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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12citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

28 authors.

Bright HuoDepartment of General Surgery, McMaster University, Ontario, CA, USA.
M M M EussenDepartment of Surgery, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
Stefania MarconiDepartment of Civil Engineering and Architecture, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy.
Shaneeta M JohnsonDepartment of Surgery, Morehouse School of Medicine, 720 Westview Drive, Atlanta, GA, 30310, USA. smjohnsonmd@aol.com.ORCID 0000-0001-6196-440X
Nader FrancisGriffin Institute, London, UK.
Wendelyn M OslockDepartment of Surgery, University of Alabama Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.
Nana MarfoDepartment of General Surgery, College of Medicine, University of Rzeszow, Rzeszow, Poland.
Oleksii PotapovRoss University School of Medicine, Miramar, FL, USA.
Ricardo J BelloDepartment of Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, NC, USA.
Robert B LimDepartment of Surgery, Atrium Carolinas Medical Center, Wake Forest University, Charlotte, USA.
Jonathan VandebergDepartment of Surgery, Mayo Clinic Florida, Jacksonville, FL, USA.
Ryan P HallDepartment of Surgery, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, USA.
Adnan Alseidi M D EdMDepartment of Surgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, USA.
Manuel Sanchez-CasalongueDepartment of Surgery, Clinica San Camilo, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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, Hippocration General Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Vittoria BellatoDepartment of Minimally Invasive Surgery, University Hospital of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy.
Paul BarachThomas Jefferson University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, USA.
Miran RemsDepartment of General and Abdominal Surgery, General Hospital Jesenice, Jesenice, Slovenia.
Sheetal NijihawanDepartment of Surgery, Sharon Regional Medical Center, Sharon, PA, USA.
Tejas S SatheDepartment of Surgery, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, USA.
Benjamin MillerCleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, USA.
Sarah SamreenDivision of Minimally Invasive Surgery, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA.
Jimmy ChungDepartment of Surgery, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
N D BouvyAdventus Health Partners, Cincinnati, OH, USA.
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

backgroundSurgical care in the operating room (OR) contributes one-third of the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in healthcare. The European Association of Endoscopic Surgery (EAES) and the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES) initiated a joint Task Force to promote sustainability within minimally invasive gastrointestinal surgery.

methodsA scoping review was conducted by searching MEDLINE via Ovid, Embase via Elsevier, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, and Scopus on August 25th, 2023 to identify articles reporting on the impact of gastrointestinal surgical care on the environment. The objectives were to establish the terminology, outcome measures, and scope associated with sustainable surgical practice. Quantitative data were summarized using descriptive statistics.

resultsWe screened 22,439 articles to identify 85 articles relevant to anesthesia, general surgical practice, and gastrointestinal surgery. There were 58/85 (68.2%) cohort studies and 12/85 (14.1%) Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) studies. The most commonly measured outcomes were kilograms of carbon dioxide equivalents (kg CO

conclusionThis review establishes standard terminology and outcome measures used to define the environmental footprint of surgical practices. Impactful initiatives to achieve sustainability in surgical practice will require education and multidisciplinary collaborations among key stakeholders including surgeons, researchers, operating room staff, hospital managers, industry partners, and policymakers.

Indexed as

Operating RoomsGreenhouse GasesHumansSocieties, MedicalGreenhouse GasesClimate changeGreenhouse gas emissionsMinimally invasive surgeryRecyclingSurgical wasteSustainability

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PMID39174709
PMCPMC11458728

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