Abdominal binder

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Benefit[edit | edit source]

The elastic abdominal binder has a positive effect on abdominal postoperative pain and recovery.[1]

Evidence[edit | edit source]

Clinicians assigned randomly one hundred and nine women diagnosed with cervical, endometrial, or ovarian cancer, who done abdominal surgery into two groups: intervention (56 patients) used the abdominal binder from day 1 and control (53 patients) did not wear the binder . The primary outcomes were pain and functional recovery. Researcher observed the intervention group significant lower pain score than control group.[1]

indication[edit | edit source]

  • After cesarean delivery.[2]
  • Postoperative Gynecological Cancer.[1]
  • After incisional hernia repair.
  • Postoperative colonoscopy. [3]
  • Spinal cord injuries.[4]
  • Orthostatic hypotension.[5]

Types[edit | edit source]

Elastic abdominal blinder and non-elastic abdominal blinder. Elastic abdominal blinders are more helpful and suitable than non-elastic binders after surgeries.[6]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Chantawong, N., & Charoenkwan, K. (2021). Effect of Elastic Abdominal Binder on Pain and Functional Recovery Following Gynecologic Cancer Surgery: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania), 57(5), 481. https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina57050481
  2. Paasch, C., Santo, G., Aljedani, N., Ortiz, P., Bruckert, L., Hünerbein, M., Lorenz, E., & Croner, R. (2021). The Effect of an Abdominal Binder on Postoperative Pain After Laparoscopic Incisional Hernia Repair–A Multicenter, Randomized Pilot Trial (ABIHR-I) of the Intraperitoneal Onlay-Mesh Technique. Deutsches Arzteblatt international, 118(37), 607–613. https://doi.org/10.3238/arztebl.m2021.0250
  3. Yu, G. Q., Huang, X. M., Li, H. Y., Tang, W., Hu, D. M., Lü, M. H., & Fu, K. I. (2018). Use of an abdominal obstetric binder in colonoscopy: A randomized, prospective trial. Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology, 33(7), 1365–1369. https://doi.org/10.1111/jgh.14077
  4. Julia, P. E., Sa'ari, M. Y., & Hasnan, N. (2011). Benefit of triple-strap abdominal binder on voluntary cough in patients with spinal cord injury. Spinal cord, 49(11), 1138–1142. https://doi.org/10.1038/sc.2011.53
  5. Figueroa, J. J., Singer, W., Sandroni, P., Sletten, D. M., Gehrking, T. L., Gehrking, J. A., Low, P., & Basford, J. R. (2015). Effects of patient-controlled abdominal compression on standing systolic blood pressure in adults with orthostatic hypotension. Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation, 96(3), 505–510. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apmr.2014.10.012
  6. Zhang, H. Y., Liu, D., Tang, H., Sun, S. J., Ai, S. M., Yang, W. Q., Jiang, D. P., & Zhang, L. Y. (2016). The effect of different types of abdominal binders on intra-abdominal pressure. Saudi medical journal, 37(1), 66–72. https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2016.1.12865