Nicola de'Angelis, Christel Conso, Giorgio Bianchi, Ana Gabriela Barría Rodríguez, Francesco Marchegiani, Maria Clotilde Carra, Charlotte Lafont, Florence Canouï-Poitrine, Karem Slim, Patrick Pessaux
The ecological sustainability of the operating room (OR) is a matter of recent interest. The present systematic review aimed to review the current literature assessing the carbon footprint of surgical procedures in different surgical fields. Following to the PRISMA statement checklist, three databases (MEDLINE, EMBASE, Cochrane Library) were searched by independent reviewers, who screened records on title and abstract first, and then on the full text. Risk of bias was evaluated using the MINORS system. Over the 878 articles initially identified, 36 original studies were included...
December 11, 2023: Journal of Visceral Surgery