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Table 1 Data related to surgical smoke during mastectomies

From: Cancer risk of incremental exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in electrocautery smoke for mastectomy personnel

Case no.

Operation time (minutes)

EC time usage (minutes)

PAH concentration for surgical personnel (ng/m3)

Surgeons

 

AT

 

Gas

Particle

Gas

Particle

1

48

16.8

1,074

59

874

65

2

148

51.2

2,148

205

1,074

73

3

74

25.1

1,592

98

1,041

68

4

125

42.4

2,257

104

2,124

213

5

119

41.7

2,062

236

2,199

214

6

105

35.8

487

98

508

119

7

114

37.1

753

93

190

86

8

136

48.2

1,124

98

316

134

9

51

18.6

1,297

147

1,305

148

10

43

14.2

1,360

168

1,307

168

Mean ± standard deviation

96 ± 39

33.1 ± 13.5

1,415 ± 598

131 ± 57

1,094 ± 682

129 ± 57