REVIEW ARTICLES

Qin RX, Velin L, Yates EF, et al. Building sustainable and resilient surgical systems: A narrative review of opportunities to integrate climate change into national surgical planning in the Western Pacific region. The Lancet Regional Health – Western Pacific 2022; 22. DOI:10.1016/j.lanwpc.2022.100407. 
 

McGain F, Muret J, Lawson C, Sherman JD. Environmental sustainability in anaesthesia and critical care. British Journal of Anaesthesia 2020; 125: 680–92. 

Leddin D, Omary MB, Veitch A, et al. Uniting the global gastroenterology community to meet the challenge of climate change and non-recyclable waste. Gut 2021; 70: 2025–9. 

Bravo D, Gaston RG, Melamed E. Environmentally Responsible Hand Surgery: Past, Present, and Future. J Hand Surg Am 2020; 45: 444–8. 

Sanabria A, Kowalski LP, Nixon IJ, et al. Considerations for environmentally sustainable head and neck surgical oncology practice. Am J Otolaryngol 2020; 41: 102719. 

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MacNeill AJ, Lillywhite R, Brown CJ. The impact of surgery on global climate: a carbon foot printing study of operating theatres in three health systems. The Lancet Planetary Health 2017; 1: e381–8. 
 
Woods DL, McAndrew T, Nevadunsky N, et al. Carbon footprint of robotically assisted laparoscopy, laparoscopy and laparotomy: a comparison. Int J Med Robot 2015; 11: 406–12. 

Rizan C, Steinbach I, Nicholson R, Lillywhite R, Reed M, Bhutta MF. The Carbon Footprint of Surgical Operations: A Systematic Review. Ann Surg 2020; 272: 986–95. 

Thiel CL, Woods NC, Bilec MM. Strategies to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Laparoscopic Surgery. Am J Public Health 2018; 108: S158–64. 

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