Surgical drape

1. A surgical drape comprising:

a mainsheet having a mainsheet transverse width at a head region for placement proximal a head of a patient during a surgical procedure, the mainsheet having a fenestration therein permitting access to a surgical region for performance of the surgical procedure when the drape covers the patient during the surgical procedure, and having a surgeon-facing side and a patient facing side;

a substantially transparent sheet having a surgeon-facing side and a patient-facing side, the substantially transparent sheet having a transverse width substantially equal to the mainsheet transverse width and connected to the mainsheet at a connecting location, said connecting location being adjacent said head region and providing the patient with visual access therethrough; and

a substantially rectilinear, substantially opaque screen attached to the patient-facing side of the substantially transparent sheet and effective to occlude the patient's visual access through the substantially transparent sheet at the substantially opaque screen, said substantially opaque screen covering a portion of the substantially transparent sheet, the portion of the substantially tranparent sheet being less than a total surface area of the substantially transparent sheet, the substantially opaque screen attached below the connecting location, said substantially opaque screen being at least partially removable from said substantially transparent sheet to thereby permit the patient's visual access through the substantially transparent sheet, the substantially opaque screen having top and bottom boundaries, the substantially opaque screen being removably attached to the patient-facing side of the substantially transparent sheet proximal the top boundary of the substantially opaque screen,

further comprising a fluid collection pouch at least partially surrounding said fenestration.

2. The surgical drape of claim 1 , the head region defining a top edge of the mainsheet.

3. The surgical drape of claim 1 , the substantially opaque screen being reconnectable to the patient-facing side of the substantially transparent sheet after the substantially opaque screen has been at least partially removed from said substantially transparent sheet wherein upon reconnection the substantially opaque screen is again effective to occlude the patient's visual access through the substantially transparent sheet.

4. The surgical drape of claim 3 , the drape being provided with an adhesive strip, the adhesive strip being covered with a removable covering material, the adhesive strip permitting reconnection of the substantially opaque screen to the patient-facing side of the substantially transparent sheet upon removal of the removable covering material.

5. The surgical drape of claim 1 , the drape comprising a strip of material connecting the substantially transparent sheet to the substantially opaque screen, the strip of material having a demarcated line of weakness connecting first and second regions of the strip of material, the first region of the strip of material connected to the substantially transparent sheet and the second region of the strip of material connected to the substantially opaque screen.

6. A method, comprising:

applying the surgical drape of claim 1 to a patient;

at least partially disconnecting a substantially opaque screen portion of the surgical drape to allow the patient visual access to an area proximal a surgical region through the substantially transparent sheet of the surgical drape; and

reconnecting the at least partially disconnected substantially opaque screen portion of the surgical drape to the patient-facing side of the substantially transparent sheet to occlude the patient's visual access to an area proximal a surgical region.

7. The method of claim 6 , where the partially disconnected substantially opaque screen portion is reconnected to the patient-facing side of the substantially transparent sheet by an adhesive strip.

8. The method of claim 6 , where the substantially opaque screen is disconnected from the substantially transparent sheet by severing a strip of material connecting the substantially transparent sheet to the substantially opaque screen along a demarcated line of weakness connecting first and second regions of the strip of material, the first region of the strip of material connected to the substantially transparent sheet and the second region of the strip of material connected to the substantially opaque screen.

9. The surgical drape of claim 4 , the drape being provided with at least one adhesive tape strip, the tape strip having a first region and a second region connected to one another along a demarcated line of weakness.

10. A surgical drape comprising:

a mainsheet having a fenestration therein permitting access to a surgical region for performance of a surgical procedure when the drape covers a patient during the surgical procedure, the mainsheet having a head region for placement proximal the head of the patient during the surgical procedure and having a surgeon-facing side and a patient-facing side;

a substantially transparent sheet having a surgeon-facing side and a patient-facing side and joined to the mainsheet at said head region for providing the patient with visual access therethrough; and

a substantially opaque screen attached to the patient-facing side of the substantially transparent sheet and effective to occlude the patient's visual access through the substantially transparent sheet, said substantially opaque screen being at least partially removable from said substantially transparent sheet to thereby permit the patient's visual access through the substantially transparent sheet, wherein the substantially transparent sheet has a first total surface area and the substantially opaque screen has a second total surface area that is less than the first total surface area of the substantially transparent sheet.

11. The surgical drape of claim 10 wherein the mainsheet has a mainsheet transverse width at a terminal edge adjacent the head region, and wherein the substantially transparent sheet has a transverse width substantially equal to the mainsheet transverse width.

12. The surgical drape of claim 10 wherein the substantially opaque screen has a screen transverse width that is less than a transverse width of the substantially transparent sheet.

13. The surgical drape of claim 10 wherein the substantially opaque screen has a screen height that is less than a height of the substantially transparent sheet.

14. A surgical drape comprising:

a mainsheet having a mainsheet transverse width at a head region for placement proximal a head of a patient during a surgical procedure, the mainsheet having a fenestration therein permitting access to a surgical region for performance of the surgical procedure when the drape covers the patient during the surgical procedure, and having a surgeon-facing side and a patient-facing side;

a substantially transparent sheet having a surgeon-facing side and a patient-facing side and having a transverse width substantially equal to the mainsheet transverse width, the substantially transparent sheet connected to the mainsheet at said head region for providing the patient with visual access therethrough; and

a substantially opaque screen attached to the patient-facing side of the substantially transparent sheet and effective to occlude the patient's visual access through the substantially transparent sheet, said substantially opaque screen being at least partially removable from said substantially transparent sheet to thereby permit the patient's visual access through the substantially transparent sheet, wherein the substantially transparent sheet has a first total surface area and the substantially opaque screen has a second total surface area that is less than the first total surface area of the substantially transparent sheet.

15. The surgical drape of claim 14 wherein the substantially opaque screen has a screen transverse width that is less than a transverse width of the substantially transparent sheet.

16. The surgical drape of claim 14 wherein the substantially opaque screen has a screen height that is less than a height of the substantially transparent sheet.