Endoscopic Sustainability PrimAry Reporting Essentials (E-SPARE): European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE) Position Statement
Authors
João A. Cunha Neves‡, Robin Baddeley ‡, Heiko Pohl, Mathieu Pioche, Vicente Lorenzo-Zúñiga, EduardoAlbéniz Arbizu, Andrei Mihai Voiosu, Christoph Römmele, Leigh Donnelly, Luca Elli, Pedro Lopez-Muñoz, Dorothea Henniger, Kareem Khalaf, Marco J. Bruno, Marianna Arvanitakis, Raf Bisschops, Cesare Hassan, Helmut Messmann, Ian Mark Gralnek, Peter D. Siersema, Siwan Thomas-Gibson, Bu'Hussain Hayee, Enrique Rodriguez de Santiago*, Mário Dinis-Ribeiro*
‡ Joint first authors
* Joint senior authors
ABSTRACT
A growing number of studies aim to evaluate gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy services from the perspective of their environmental impact. However, there are currently no guidelines or frameworks which provide specifically for the reporting of endoscopy sustainability studies, and a variety of metrics and assessment tools have been employed in the literature. To improve the clarity, transparency, and quality of reporting, the European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE) has developed a reporting framework for the community of researchers interested in conducting studies on sustainable GI endoscopy.
