The use of fluorinated gases and quantification of carbon emission for common vitreoretinal procedures

To report the contribution to carbon dioxide equivalent mass [CORetrospective, continuous, comparative multicentre study of all procedures using fluorinated gases between 01/01/17-31/12/20 at the Manchester Royal Eye Hospital and Birmingham and Midland Eye Centre, and between 01/01/19-31/12/2020 at the University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire.Across 4877 procedures, the use of fluorinated gases produced 284.2 tonnes (71.2 tonnes annually) COWe demonstrated that SF