Case Diagnosis Surgery Microdebrider Bone Drilling Cautery Findings Droplets on Surgeon
1 Osteomyelitis and sinusitis ESS No No Yes One droplet on anesthesia wall Microdroplets on abdomen
2 Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma Transpterygoid nasopharyngectomy Yes Yes Yes Gross dye on smoke evacuator None
3 NK T-cell Lymphoma ESS and transoral resection No No No Large droplets on nurse’s abdomen Microdroplets on abdomen
4 Pituitary Adenoma ESS, Transphenoidal pituitary resection Yes Yes Yes Droplets on smoke evacuator None, for both co-surgeons