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Table 1 Disease, surgical procedure and measurements of ultrafine particle number concentration

From: Surgical smoke and ultrafine particles

Disease

Surgical

procedure

Meas.

duration

Range

min – max

Mean

Standard

deviation

  

[minutes]

[number per cm3 air]

local relapse of a retroperitoneal sarcoma

adhesiolysis, tumor removal

169

2 – 183 000

1930

7 970

hemangioma of the liver

hemihepatectomy

193

5 – 490 000

12200

43 100

retroperitoneal tumor

adhesiolysis, tumor removal

73

8 – 32 500

3320

4 840

Incisional hernia

mesh hernia repair

130

13 – 292 000

7210

20 700

benign bile duct stenosis

biliodigestive anastomosis

179

10 – 48 000

1260

3 540

chronic appendicitis

laparoscopic appendectomy

88

5 – 379

74

99