The Greener Choice: Vaginal Hysterectomy's Environmental Edge Over Laparoscopic Techniques

Geburtshilfe Frauenheilkd. 2024 May 29;84(5):477-478. doi: 10.1055/a-2280-5530. eCollection 2024 May.

Cihan Kaya¹, Murat Yassa², Koray Gorkem Sacinti^{3

4}, Fatih Aktoz⁵, Ali Can Gunes⁶

¹ Dept. Ob/Gyn, Acibadem Bakirkoy Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
² Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, VM Medical Park Maltepe Hospital, Bahcesehir University, Istanbul, Turkey.
³ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Aksaray Research and Training Hospital, Aksaray, Turkey.
⁴ Division of Epidemiology, Department of Public Health, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
⁵ Brussels IVF, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussels, Brussels, Belgium.
⁶ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Mamak State Hospital, Mamak/Ankara, Turkey.

No abstract available

Keywords: carbon footprint; laparoscopic hysterectomy; sustainable surgery; vNOTES hysterectomy; vaginal hysterectomy.