Loupes

[Arijos0222]

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Pretty random question, but what determines if a surgeon wears loupes? Is it a type of surgery or just personal preference? I see that dentists use loupes, do your guys use loupes with magnification when you're in surgery usually or no?

 

[nysegop]

Pretty random question, but what determines if a surgeon wears loupes? Is it a type of surgery or just personal preference? I see that dentists use loupes, do your guys use loupes with magnification when you're in surgery usually or no?

From what I've seen a lot of neurosurgeons wear them.

Pediatric Surgeons often wear them.
Transplant Surgeons often wear them.
Some plastic surgeons wear them.

 

[sonofva]

Pretty random question, but what determines if a surgeon wears loupes? Is it a type of surgery or just personal preference? I see that dentists use loupes, do your guys use loupes with magnification when you're in surgery usually or no?

pretty much anyone with really small things to see? neuro, vascular, plastics... things like appendices, bowel, breasts, and gall bladders should be visualized clearly with the naked eye...

 

[Arijos0222]

What about podiatrists? As they work in a pretty small space in surgery

 

[nysegop]

What about podiatrists? As they work in a pretty small space in surgery

http://www.podiatrytoday.com/article/7884?page=3

 

[Arijos0222]

http://www.podiatrytoday.com/article/7884?page=3

Thanks, bro 👍

 

[sonofva]

Why the interest in loupes?

 

[nysegop]

Why the interest in loupes?

They look cool.

 

[Arijos0222]

Why the interest in loupes?

Because while my dentist was filling my cavity I saw he had loupes, and then it sparked a frenzy of erroneous thought processes.

 

[survivordo]

It is more or less the surgeon's choice. You can do any surgery without them but why struggle? They are especially useful when creating vascular anastomoses (connecting them together) as you are often using suture that is much much thinner than human hair.

Survivor DO

 

[45408]

The downside is that they give you significant blind spots and basically cause tunnel vision.

They're a must for neurosurgery and cardiac surgery, and strongly encouraged for peds/vascular. The rest is kind of up to you. I wear them for thyroids too.

 

[Tolbert]

Why the interest in loupes?

They look cool.

perfect answer 👍

 

[Winged Scapula]

I wear loupes all the time for 2 reasons:

1) I fog them up less than anything else I've tried;
2) while not necessary for most of the work I do, I can see bleeding vessels, lymphatics and small nerves much better with them which helps