Glasses during surgery

[adoggie]

Hi, is it possible to wear glasses during surgery? I'm asking because I know surgeons often have to wear loupes.

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[Blade28]

Those who wear glasses normally just wear a mask (those who wear contacts or don't need corrective lenses wear the mask with the built-in face shield).

If you're using loupes, you can have them designed with your lenses built-in, I believe.

BTW, loupes are only used in a few select fields (via G Surg) - usually in Vascular, CT, Peds, Plastics, sometimes Transplant.

Other fields include ENT, Ophtho (along with their operating microscopes, which Plastics also uses), and NSGY.

 

[adoggie]

Alright, so it is possible to wear glasses. What a relief. I'm near-sighted and my lenses get dirty or dry out not infrequently.

 

[Blade28]

Alright, so it is possible to wear glasses. What a relief. I'm near-sighted and my lenses get dirty or dry out not infrequently.

I wouldn't be worrying about this now. 🙂 Lots of other things to take care of before residency!

 

[Winged Scapula]

Loupes can be prescription, just like your regular eyeglasses or sunglasses.

If you don't need loupes, you can just wear your glasses as eye protection, although some scrub nurses will give you a hard time if you don't have "side protectors" and will want you to wear a face mask as well.🙄

Unless you are horribly nearsighted you can probably even get by without glasses. I am a bit nearsighted myself (-.75) but only need corrective lenses for distance...the OR table isn't that far away from me.

 

[adoggie]

My eyesight is almost as bad as my mom's... -5.5 and -4.0 ! I think with all of the reading I'm doing now it's only going to get worse.

 

[Blade28]

You guys are probably going to hate me for this, but I have no idea what all those negative numbers mean.

My eyes were 20/10 in high school and college, worsened to 20/12 in med school. Still 20/12 now. 🙂

But don't worry, my whole family wears glasses/contacts, so I'm sure they'll get worse.

 

[Winged Scapula]

You guys are probably going to hate me for this, but I have no idea what all those negative numbers mean.

My eyes were 20/10 in high school and college, worsened to 20/12 in med school. Still 20/12 now. 🙂

But don't worry, my whole family wears glasses/contacts, so I'm sure they'll get worse.

You obviously haven't studied enough!

I had perfect eyes until medical school...as a matter of fact, prior to that, in grad school, I was often teased because I was the only one in the department (Neuro) who didn't wear glasses.

You'll get yours...you'll get older and your eyes won't find the accomodation as easy.😛

 

[Blade28]

You obviously haven't studied enough!

I had perfect eyes until medical school...as a matter of fact, prior to that, in grad school, I was often teased because I was the only one in the department (Neuro) who didn't wear glasses.

You'll get yours...you'll get older and your eyes won't find the accomodation as easy.😛

Yeah yeah yeah, I've heard it all! My parents used to constantly get on my case about abusing my eyes:

"Don't read in dim lighting!"
"Rest your eyes after every 40-50 minutes of using the computer or watching TV."
"Don't read in a moving car!"
"Don't read on the airplane!"
"Don't sit too close to the TV!"

Etc, etc, etc.

For the record, I read a TON growing up (which explains my naturally fast reading rate now), and have been using computers regularly since the age of around 9 or 10 (started off with my Apple IIC!).

I'm just claiming good luck. 🙂

 

[Winged Scapula]

Yeah yeah yeah, I've heard it all! My parents used to constantly get on my case about abusing my eyes:

"Don't read in dim lighting!"
"Rest your eyes after every 40-50 minutes of using the computer or watching TV."
"Don't read in a moving car!"
"Don't read on the airplane!"
"Don't sit too close to the TV!"

Etc, etc, etc.

For the record, I read a TON growing up (which explains my naturally fast reading rate now), and have been using computers regularly since the age of around 9 or 10 (started off with my Apple IIC!).

I'm just claiming good luck. 🙂

Maybe its good luck or good genes! Anyone else in the family with such good eyesight?

I did all of the above as well (ie, watching tv in the dark, not resting my eyes after reading, etc.) and did well until medical school.

I claim bad luck.🙁

 

[Blade28]

Maybe its good luck or good genes! Anyone else in the family with such good eyesight?

I did all of the above as well (ie, watching tv in the dark, not resting my eyes after reading, etc.) and did well until medical school.

I claim bad luck.🙁

Bad genes - everyone else in my family (parents, brother, sister) wears glasses.

 

[GodoShingo]

I wear glasses, but I am considering laser surgery to skip having glasses. They are just in the way and irritating.
I have -4.5 and -4.75, but it's been the same in more than a year.