bandage /ban·dage/ (ban´daj)
1. a strip or roll of gauze or other material for wrapping or binding a body part.
2. to cover by wrapping with such material.
Ace bandage trademark for a bandage of woven elastic material.
Barton's bandage a double figure-of-8 bandage for fracture of the lower jaw.
demigauntlet bandage one that covers the hand but leaves the fingers exposed.
Desault's bandage one binding the elbow to the side, with a pad in the axilla, for fractured clavicle.
Esmarch's bandage a rubber bandage applied upward around a limb from distal to proximal in order to expel blood from it; the limb is often elevated as the elastic pressure is applied.
gauntlet bandage one which covers the hand and fingers like a glove.
Gibney bandage strips of adhesive 1.2 cm wide, overlapped along the sides and back of the foot and leg to hold the foot in slight varus position and leave the dorsum of foot and anterior aspect of leg exposed.
plaster bandage one stiffened with a paste of plaster of Paris.
pressure bandage one for applying pressure.
roller bandage a tightly rolled, circular bandage of varying width and materials, often commercially prepared.
Scultetus bandage a many-tailed bandage applied with the tails overlapping each other and held in position by safety pins.
spica bandage a figure-of-8 bandage with turns that cross one another regularly like the letter V, usually applied to anatomical areas whose dimensions vary, as the pelvis and thigh.
Velpeau's bandage one used in immobilization of certain fractures about the upper end of the humerus and shoulder joint, binding the arm and shoulder to the chest.
Scul·te·tus bandage (sk l-t  ts)n. See many-tailed bandage. |
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