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garment
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garment [gahr´ment]
an article of clothing.
pneumatic antishock garment an inflatable garment used to combat shock, stabilize fractures, promote hemostasis and increase peripheral vascular resistance. Called also MAST suit.
Pneumatic antishock garment (MAST suit).
pressure garment a garment that applies continual pressure over large areas of healing skin after burns, trauma, and surgical intervention; worn continually for several months to a year, it limits hypertrophy and contraction of scar tissue.


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He does wear the special pressure garment but it's mainly for scar management.
The Angio Press(R) provides moderately applied high-pneumatic pressure through pressure garments that are filled with air in an intermittent sequence from the feet and ankles up through the calves of patients diagnosed with PAD.
Patients, who are discharged the same day, have to wear a pressure garment for some time, but resume normal life within two weeks.
 
 
 
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