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The patient's operative carbon footprint

Case scenarios

In this video will re-join Steve and follow him through the next stage of this journey, his operation and post-operative follow-up.

Have a think about what could be down to reduce the carbon footprint of his surgical journey.

In the next section we will look at some examples of ways in which we can reduce the carbon impact of healthcare.

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