[Metadata] Care Pathway Perspective in Environmental Assessments of Healthcare Technologies – Case Study of Surgical Staplers

Structured summary of a system-level life cycle assessment (LCA) comparing a powered surgical stapler (PSS) and a manual surgical stapler (MSS) in laparoscopic splenectomy, with a system boundary covering the complete surgical care pathway from the initial general practitioner consultation to post-discharge follow-up. The dataset covers goal and scope, the clinical efficiency assumptions, impact assessment with the Environmental Footprint (EF) 3.1 method, product- and care-pathway-level results, and implications.Each entry gives its identifier, type, title, a summary and its source in the manuscript. Source: Muindi et al., manuscript in preparation for submission to an open access journal.