A Standardized Method for Estimating the Carbon Footprint of Disposable Minimally Invasive Surgical Devices

Objective:. To propose a standardized methodology for estimating the embodied carbon footprint (CF) of disposable minimally-invasive surgical devices (MISDs) and their application in new benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) MISDs. Summary of Background Data:. The estimation of the CO2e emissions of di...

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Main Authors: Vincent Misrai, MD, Enrique Rijo, MD, PhD, Jean-Baptiste Cottenceau, Kevin C. Zorn, MD, Dmitry Enikeev, MD, Dean Elterman, MD, Naeem Bhojani, MD, Alexandre De La Taille, MD, PhD, Thomas R. W. Herrmann, MD, PhD, Gregoire Robert, MD, PhD, Benjamin Pradere, MD, the members of the French scientific committee for Male Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms (Association Francaise d’Urologie)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Health 2021-09-01
Series:Annals of Surgery Open
Online Access:http://journals.lww.com/10.1097/AS9.0000000000000094