Surgical draping system

A surgical drape system for use by a surgical practitioner in a surgical theatre, the drape comprising:

• a first drape configured and dimensioned for covering at least a portion of an operating table having a patient positionable thereon, the first drape establishing a sterile field at and above a height of the operating table;
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• a second drape removably attachable to the first drape for extending the sterile field beyond an edge of the operating table, the second drape having a first position in which the extended sterile field includes a descending surface extendable below the height of the operating table substantially down to the floor during surgery and an ascending surface extendable from the bottom portion of the descending surface to about the height of the operating table, the second drape having a second position in which the extended sterile field includes a surface extending above the height of the operating table, the second drape connectable to an object in the surgical theatre to be thereby configured to be moveable from the first position to the second position the ascending surface suspendable at a position substantially beyond an edge of the operating table.