Carbon footprint of non-melanoma skin cancer surgery.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Climate change poses a significant global health threat and healthcare, including surgery, contributes to greenhouse gas emissions. Efforts have been made to promote sustainability in surgery, but the literature on sustainability in plastic surgery remains limited.

Methods

A life-cycle analysis was used to assess and quantify the environmental emissions associated with three distinct reconstructive methods utilized in non-melanoma skin cancer surgery: direct closure, split-thickness skin graft, and full-thickness skin graft. Analyses were conducted in March 2023 in Morriston Hospital, Swansea, UK. The carbon footprints for non-melanoma skin cancer surgery in England and Wales were then estimated.

Results

The mean carbon emissions for non-melanoma skin cance

SUBMITTER: Ang KL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11483578 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature