Surgical drape for caesarean section

摘要

A surgical drape is provided having a flexible, nonwoven base sheet with a primary operative area, a flexible, liquid-impervious plastic film overlying and secured to one surface of the base sheet in at least a portion of the primary operative area, a sheet of first liquid- absorbent material secured to the outer surface of the liquid-impervious plastic film in at least a portion of the primary operative area, the primary operative area having a region in which the base sheet, the liquid- impervious plastic film and the first liquid-absorbent material are coextensive, the coextensive region having a fenestration, and a U- shaped region of a second liquid-absorbent material located in the primary operative area, partially surrounding and spaced from the fenestration.