Table 1. Measured aerosol median masses inside the surgical smoke evacuation stream from different tissue types, and the calculated mass depositions to the upper airways (UA), the bronchus (B), and the alveoli (AL) for particles under 10 μm (PM₁₀), under 2.5 μm (PM_2.5) and under 1 μm (PM₁).

PM10 (mg/m3)	Muscle	Liver	Fat	Renal pelvis	Renal cortex	Lung	Bronchus	Gray matter	White matter	Skin
Measured total mass	3000	9100	210	2400	2500	210	720	760	370	370
Mass deposited to UA	1900	5700	130	1500	1600	130	440	470	230	220
Mass deposited to B	110	320	7.4	85	88	7.4	25	26	13	13
Mass deposited to AL	160	460	11	120	130	11	37	39	19	20
PM2.5 (mg/m3)	Muscle	Liver	Fat	Renal pelvis	Renal cortex	Lung	Bronchus	Gray matter	White matter	Skin
Measured total mass	370	1100	28	300	330	29	100	100	52	61
Mass deposited to UA	110	320	7.9	85	92	7.7	26	28	14	14
Mass deposited to B	23	66	1.6	18	19	1.6	5.4	5.8	2.8	2.8
Mass deposited to AL	53	160	3.9	42	46	3.9	14	14	7.0	7.4
PM1 (mg/m3)	Muscle	Liver	Fat	Renal pelvis	Renal cortex	Lung	Bronchus	Gray matter	White matter	Skin
Measured total mass	150	470	12	130	140	14	52	47	25	34
Mass deposited to UA	9.9	31.0	0.74	8.0	8.9	0.83	3.0	3.0	1.6	1.9
Mass deposited to B	1.6	4.9	0.12	1.4	1.5	0.14	0.49	0.48	0.25	0.29
Mass deposited to AL	12	38	0.94	10	11	1.1	3.9	3.7	2.0	2.5