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of a plastic, hand or oral surgeon differ from those of a spine surgeon operating
in a deep cavity. An ENT surgeon works with his head about 2 feet away from
the patient. General surgeons usually work with all the OR lights on while other
surgeons may work in a darkened OR.
"Who's the surgeon? ENTs like to have a small, very high beam, a small aperture, a very narrow field and very good intensity," says spine surgeon Mark
Drzala, MD, of New Jersey Spine Specialists in Summit, N.J. "Other surgeons
might want a larger field with less intensity."
Your surgeons will appreciate a fully adjustable aperture. It should be easy to
decrease or increase the light's intensity by closing or widening the aperture,
says Dr. Drzala. Some lights have sliding intensity switches mounted on the
headband. Dr. Drzala notes that when he reduces the aperture on a xenon bulb,
the light's intensity increases as it focuses. Closing the aperture on LED lights
makes the light more intense, but it doesn't fill the surgeon's field of vision.
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