cine surgeon at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester,
Minn., along with his wife, created a line of
groin-covering garments that provide full cov-
erage front and back while allowing the hip,
groin or flank access that surgeons require.
The patient can wear the Covr garment as
soon as she undresses, while in the OR and
then through post-op.
• Modicine (mod-
icine.com). Perhaps
proof that modesty is
the mother of inven-
tion, orthopedic sur-
geon Scott Trenhaile,
MD, of OrthoIllinois in
Rockford, Ill., created Modicine Patient Wear after operating on a
female employee who was reluctant to be exposed from the waist up
to her boss and coworkers. The patient ended up using an elastic
bandage to cover her breasts. The experience made an impression on
Dr. Trenhaile, who subsequently developed the Modicine PatientWear
Modesty Bra and Modesty Brief surgical undergarments,
"I think that all surgeons should know about those modesty gar-
ments," says Ms. Roberts. "More patients would be willing to undergo
surgeries if they knew their modesty would be protected."
It is a modest proposal, indeed, to be more sensitive to patients'
modesty.
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