Subscriptions

Advertising

Resources

About Us

Contact Us

Create An Account Forgot Your Password?
Trouble logging in or creating an account? click here
Home This Month E-Weekly Newsletter Building a Facility Article Archive Second Opinions
Search:
Benchmarking
General Surgery
Accrediting/Quality
Anesthesia
Code/Bill/Reimburse
Building/Renovating
/_media/adv/web/images/2011/20111226_Soma_LB-154x100.gif
/_media/adv/web/images/2011/20111003_Ansell_LB-154x100.gif
/_media/adv/web/images/2011/20111202_Arthrex_LB-154x100.jpg
/_media/adv/web/images/2011/20110124_ImageFirst_LB-154x100.gif
Outpatient Surgery E-Weekly

Contact Congress Over Drug Shortage Issues

A Kentucky congressman is urging surgical facilities to contact their members of Congress and request that they sign his letter demanding changes to...

N.J. Posts ASC Inspection Reports Online

State and federal inspection reports of New Jersey's ASCs are now available online, giving patients an opportunity to make more informed choices abo...

Are Opioids Necessary?

While it's not always practical, or even possible, to eliminate opioids from your post-op pain management regiment, reducing their use in favor of n...

Archive > November, 2005 Vol. VI, No. 11

What ENT Docs Want in a Scope

Straight from a surgeon, here's what to look for when purchasing an ENT operating microscope.

Michael C. Bard, MD

I have many unpleasant memories of dealing with a scope outfitted with an improper focal length and of trying to find the nurse who knows where all the correct lenses are hidden. Not my idea of a good time. Here are 10 factors to consider so that the new or refurbished ENT operating microscope you buy will please your surgeons and serve your surgical center well for years to come.

Sign in to continue reading.
Email Address:
Password:
Categories: Equipping Your OR, ENT
Keywords:
1 Cost vs. need.; 2 Floor or ceiling?; 3 Positioning issues.; 4 Balancing act.; 5 Light source.; 6 Lenses.; 7 Foot pedals.; 8 Observation arm.; 9 Handling.; 10 Sterile draping.; From my personal experience; BMW; Balancing; Bruce Klenoff, MD Dr. Klenoff; Carl Zeiss; Columbia University; Cost; Dr. BMW; ENT; ENT-specific; Evaluation In; Fine; Floor; Foot; Generally; Handling. This; Hospital; JEDMED/Kaps V-Series; KISS; Klenoff; Klenoff, MD Dr. Klenoff; Lenses. The; Light; Line; MD Dr. Klenoff; Microscope; Motorized; Observation; Perfect Scope I've; Positioning; Scope I've; Stamford Hospital; Ster... show all keywords
1 Cost vs. need.; 2 Floor or ceiling?; 3 Positioning issues.; 4 Balancing act.; 5 Light source.; 6 Lenses.; 7 Foot pedals.; 8 Observation arm.; 9 Handling.; 10 Sterile draping.; From my personal experience; BMW; Balancing; Bruce Klenoff, MD Dr. Klenoff; Carl Zeiss; Columbia University; Cost; Dr. BMW; ENT; ENT-specific; Evaluation In; Fine; Floor; Foot; Generally; Handling. This; Hospital; JEDMED/Kaps V-Series; KISS; Klenoff; Klenoff, MD Dr. Klenoff; Lenses. The; Light; Line; MD Dr. Klenoff; Microscope; Motorized; Observation; Perfect Scope I've; Positioning; Scope I've; Stamford Hospital; Sterile; University; V-Series; Zeiss; account; accustomed; achieved; actual; adjust; advantage; affords; arm; assistant; automatic; automatically; backup; balance; balancing; base; basic; big; bilateral; board; body; break; bring; built; built-in; bulb; button; buy; camera; car; carefully; case; cases; ceiling-mounted; center; change; changing; chart; chief; clearer; clinical; close; company; complicated; connect; constantly; controlled; converts; correct; cost; crossover; cumbersome; dealing; decided; device; disappoints; distance; drape; dual-access; ear; ease; easier; easily; easy; electrically; electromagnetically; electronic; electronically; electronics; equipment; evaluate; excessive; expensive; extends; eyepiece; eyes; factor; feature; field; find; fine; fit; fix; flip; floor; focal; focus; follow; forget; front; good; grab; greater; halogen; hand; hand-controlled; handgrips; hands; hangs; hard; harder; head; heart; high-end; higher-end; holds; hooking; hospital; idea; imbalance; important; improper; inserting; instrument; involves; joints; key; knobs; lamp; large; larger; laryngeal; leave; length; lens; lenses; lever; light; long; loosen; love; magnets; maintains; make; manipulate; manufacturers; market; match; matter; maximum; meant; mechanical; mechanically; mechanism; medical; member; memories; microscope; mix; motion; mount; move; moving; must-have; myringotomy; neurosurgery; neurosurgical; newer; nuisance; nurse; observation; observe; observer; obtain; offer; operating; operative; order; organized; orientation; otolaryngology; otologic; outfitted; patient; pay; pedals; person; personal; place; plan; portable; position; positioned; positioning; prefer; priced; principle; procedures; professor; proper; purchase; push; quality; range; readily; real; recommend; red; refurbished; relative; releases; removing; replace; require; retrograde; room; saves; scheduled; scope; scopes; screws; sense; separately; serve; side; simple; simply; size; small; smaller; sold; sophisticated; sorts; source; special; spine; sports; stand; sterilely; stock; suitable; surgeon; surgeon-friendly; surgeons; surgery; surgical; swing; table; tech-friendly; thing; tighten; tightening; time; top; trial; typically; units; unpleasant; unscrew; variety; video; view; visualization; weeks; weigh; weight; wider; xenon; years; zoom

© Copyright Herrin Publishing Partners LP 2011. REPRODUCTION OF THIS COPYRIGHTED CONTENT IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED. We encourage LINKING to this content; view our linking policy here.

PRODUCT & SERVICE RESOURCES
Did You See This?
A showcase of products and services geared to make your facility better.

Architects' Showcase
Is a beautiful, efficient new facility in your future?
/_media/adv/web/images/2011/20111111_CareFusion_AR-300x250.jpg
Other Articles That May Interest You
FDA Extends Steris System 1 Deadline
Company will support SS1 customers through Feb. 2, 2012.
Study: Tonsillectomy Advances Not That Advantageous
Researchers say conventional surgery compares favorably to more modern techniques.
FDA Issues Extension for Steris System 1 Users
Company will support sterile processing system until August 2, 2012.