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Carbon Footprint Assessment for Robotic, Laparoscopic and Open Colorectal Operations to Enhance Environmental Sustainability
NCT06844604 · University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland · Updated 14 April 2025
- What is being tested
- robotic colorectal procedures; laparoscopic colorectal procedures; open colorectal procedures
- For
- Colorectal Operations
- Kind of study
- Watches patients without assigning a treatment. No drug phase (a device or procedure study).
- Who can join
- Ages 18 years and older. About 30 people. The full rules are on the registry page.
- Where
- Switzerland (2 sites)
- When
- Starts or started 19 March 2025, ends 1 Jan 2026. Registered 25 Feb 2025.
- Results
- None posted yet.
In the researchers' words
The goal of this study is to conduct a life cycle assessment of robotic, laparoscopic and open colorectal procedures and compare their climate impact. Further the investigators want to identify major targets for possible reduction in the CO2 footprint in colorectal procedures. The main questions are: Researchers will identify used and prepared materials and instruments for the individual procedures and weigh them individually. SimaPro databases will help calculate the carbon footprints for the used instruments. Additionally, energy waste will be measured and carbon footprint of anesthesia will be estimated with previous existing data from other studies.
Sites
- ClarunisBasel, Switzerland
- University Hospital of BaselBasel, Switzerland