Cutting carbon out of surgical care delivery

Ben Dunne^{1

2}, Andrew Cochrane^{3

4}, David Fletcher^{5

6}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
² Department of Surgery, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
³ Department of Surgery, Epworth Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
⁴ Florey Institute, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
⁵ Department of Surgery, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.
⁶ Department of Surgery, Fiona Stanley Hospital, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.

Editorial

Ben Dunne et al. ANZ J Surg. 2024 Jun.

. 2024 Jun;94(6):984-985.

doi: 10.1111/ans.19006.

Ben Dunne^{1

2}, Andrew Cochrane^{3

4}, David Fletcher^{5

6}

¹ Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
² Department of Surgery, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
³ Department of Surgery, Epworth Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
⁴ Florey Institute, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
⁵ Department of Surgery, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.
⁶ Department of Surgery, Fiona Stanley Hospital, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.

No abstract available

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