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. 2023 Nov 7;24:101254. doi: 10.1016/j.artd.2023.101254

Table 2.

Waste generated from total hip arthroplasty.

Procedure	Patient	Implant/system choice	Recycling waste (kg)	Hazardous (contaminated) waste (kg)	Dry nonhazardous waste (kg)	Linens (kg)	Sharps (kg)	Total waste (kg)
THA	1	POLARSTEM^a/R3^a (Uncemented)	0.5	9.7	1.8	1.5	0.3	13.80
	2	Exeter^b/ R3^a(Hybrid)	0.1	10.45	1.5	0	0.2	12.25
	3	POLARSTEM^a/R3^a (Uncemented)	0.4	7.55	2.55	1.95	0.25	12.70
	4	POLARSTEM^a/R3^a (Uncemented)	0.1	10.55	1.05	1.15	0.1	12.95
	5	CPCS^a/ R3^a(Hybrid)	0.7	9.5	1.5	4.7	0.7	17.10
	6	POLARSTEM^a/R3^a (Uncemented)	0.35	11.85	1.7	1.7	0.3	15.90
	7	POLARSTEM^a/R3^a (Uncemented)	0.25	11.15	1.35	1.15	0	13.90
	8	POLARSTEM^a/R3^a (Uncemented)	0.45	12.7	2.15	0.55	0.2	16.05
	9	POLARSTEM^a/R3^a (Uncemented)	0.55	9.4	1.95	0.85	0.85	13.60
	10	Exeter^b/ R3^a(Hybrid)	0.65	12.4	1.15	0.35	0.35	14.90
	11	Exeter^b/ R3^a(Hybrid)	0.5	10.75	2.4	1.9	0.2	15.75
	12	POLARSTEM^a/R3^a (Uncemented)	0.3	10.95	0.85	1.55	0.35	14.00
	13	Exeter^b/ R3^a(Hybrid)	0.5	9.6	1.65	1.3	0.1	13.15
	14	POLARSTEM^a/R3^a (Uncemented)	0.45	13	1.05	2.95	0.7	18.15
	15	POLARSTEM^a/R3^a (Uncemented)	0.45	9.65	1.75	0.9	0	12.75
	Mean		0.42	10.61	1.63	1.50	0.31	14.46

THA, total hip arthroplasty.

^a

Smith and Nephew (Andover, TX).

^b

Stryker Ltd (Kalamazoo, MI).