Khanna Subhash, Hazarika Arup Kumar, Kalita Unmilan
Department of Minimal Access, Bariatric and G.I. Surgery, Swagat Super Speciality Surgical Institute and Swagat Academy of Medical Sciences, Guwahati, Assam, India
Department of Zoology, Cotton University, Guwahati, Assam, India
J Minim Access Surg. 2021 Jul-Sep;17(3):294-298. doi: 10.4103/jmas.JMAS_130_20.
: Minimal access surgery has altered the field of surgery with its revolutionary advancements with respect to laparoscopy wherein the latter has been elevated to a safer procedure than ever before. However, along with its benefits, minimally invasive surgical procedures have detrimental environmental implications as well. Further, the overall bio-economics of carbon emissions during the surgery is another important factor.
: The present article makes an effort to discuss and analyse the carbon footprint of minimal access surgery and to understand the co-benefits and co-costs in terms of environmental safety and bio-economics.
: The findings indicate that carbon footprint in these surgical procedures are rarely studied which otherwise bear significant negative relations with respect to the environment.
: The study concludes that work on improving the design of these technologies is to be done so that apart from reducing the costs improvement of safety, comfort and better impact on future generation can also be achieved.
微创手术凭借其在腹腔镜检查方面的革命性进展改变了外科手术领域，腹腔镜检查已提升为比以往任何时候都更安全的手术。然而，尽管微创手术有诸多益处，但也对环境产生了不利影响。此外，手术过程中碳排放的整体生物经济学也是另一个重要因素。
本文旨在讨论和分析微创手术的碳足迹，并从环境安全和生物经济学角度理解其协同效益和协同成本。
研究结果表明，这些外科手术的碳足迹很少被研究，而实际上它们与环境存在显著的负相关关系。
该研究得出结论，需要开展工作改进这些技术的设计，以便在降低成本的同时，还能提高安全性、舒适度，并对后代产生更好的影响。
