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. 2020 Aug 11;164(2):433–442. doi: 10.1177/0194599820951169

Table 5.

One-Way ANOVA Post Hoc Analyses of Aerosol Generation for Powered Drilling Conditions.

Particle size range, µm Condition 1 Condition 2 Mean difference,a particles/cm3 P value
0.30-0.37 Aloneb Rigidc 6.86 <.001
Rigid + ringd 7.05 <.001
Rigid + SSES 7.01 <.001
0.37-0.47 Alone Rigid 2.14 <.001
Rigid + ring 2.12 <.001
Rigid + SSES 2.21 <.001
0.47-0.58 Alone Rigid 0.76 <.001
Rigid + ring 0.73 <.001
Rigid + SSES 0.74 <.001
0.58-0.72 Alone Rigid 0.18 <.001
Rigid + ring 0.21 <.001
Rigid + SSES 0.26 <.001
Rigid 8.11 × 10−2 .017
0.72-0.90 Alone Rigid 0.11 <.001
Rigid + ring 9.10 × 10−2 <.001
Rigid + SSES 0.13 <.001
Rigid + ring 4.25 × 10−2 .022
0.90-1.12 Alone Rigid 8.78 × 10−2 <.001
Rigid + ring 5.13 × 10−2 <.001
Rigid + SSES 9.43 × 10−2 <.001
Rigid Rigid + ring −3.65 × 10−2 .003
Rigid + ring Rigid + SSES 4.30 × 10−2 <.001
1.12-1.39 Alone Rigid 2.71 × 10−2 <.001
Rigid + ring 3.26 × 10−2 <.001
Rigid + SSES 3.91 × 10−2 <.001
1.39-1.73 Alone Rigid 3.71 × 10−2 <.001
Rigid + ring 4.87 × 10−2 <.001
Rigid + SSES 6.97 × 10−2 <.001
Rigid 3.25 × 10−2 <.001
Rigid + ring 2.10 × 10−2 .049
1.73-2.16 Alone Rigid 3.81 × 10−2 <.001
Rigid + ring 1.81 × 10−2 .025
Rigid + SSES 3.86 × 10−2 <.001
Rigid Rigid + ring −2.00 × 10−2 .009
Rigid + ring Rigid + SSES 2.05 × 10−2 .007
2.16-2.69 Alone Rigid 2.41 × 10−2 <.001
Rigid + ring 3.26 × 10−2 <.001
Rigid + SSES 3.46 × 10−2 <.001
2.69-3.34 Alone Rigid + SSES 1.76 × 10−2 <.001
Rigid 1.65 × 10−2 <.001
Rigid + ring 1.35 × 10−2 .005
Total Alone Rigid 10.3 <.001
Rigid + ring 10.4 <.001
Rigid + SSES 10.7 <.001

Abbreviations: ANOVA, analysis of variance; SSES, surgical smoke evacuation system.

a

Condition 1 – condition 2.

b

Alone indicates endonasal powered drilling without suction.

c

Rigid indicates rigid suction device.

d

Ring indicates suction ring.