ArticleUrolithiasis2024
Potential impacts to human health from climate change: A comparative life-cycle assessment of single-use versus reusable devices flexible ureteroscopes.
Article in Urolithiasis, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
What it found
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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.
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Who cites it
10 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- The carbon footprints of single-use and reusable medical devices: a systematic review.BMJ open · 2025Pooled it
- From fossil to bio-circular plastics: the environmental benefits of bio-attributed acrylonitrile butadiene styrene in single-use cystoscopes.BJU international · 2026Article
- [Environmental sustainability in urology].Urologie (Heidelberg, Germany) · 2026Review
- Life Cycle Assessment of Impacted Tooth Surgery Under Different Clinical Scenarios.Dentistry journal · 2026Article
- Towards Sustainable Bone Grafting: Life Cycle Assessment of Donor Cadaver-Derived Allograft (BMG) Production Using a BMP-Preserving Approach.Journal of functional biomaterials · 2026Article
- Factors associated with flexible cystoscope longevity: an analysis of supplier and health service datasets.BJU international · 2026Article
- Micro-cost analysis of reusable compared to affordable single-use flexible ureteroscopes.Canadian Urological Association journal = Journal de l'Association des urologues du Canada · 2026Article
- Contribution of hospitals and clinical services to global warming: a scoping systematic review.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- [Critical assessment of single-use endoscopes].Urologie (Heidelberg, Germany) · 2025Review
- Letter to the Editor: "Environmental impact of current endoscopic technology in urological procedures: a systematic review on reusable vs. disposable scopes".World journal of urology · 2025Article
Corrections and comments
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Authors and funding
7 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Climate change poses a significant global health challenge, with medical procedures contributing substantially to CO
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