Truss (medicine) 899082 206874002 2008-04-20T12:33:18Z Orinoco-w 6834642 Just putting the Snowden and Brother collection here for now. I hope to pay more attention to this page later. In [[medicine]], a '''truss''' is a kind of [[surgical appliance]], particularly one used for [[hernia]] patients. Trusses do not cure the hernia. Instead, a truss provides support for the herniated area, using a pad and belt arrangement to hold it in the correct position. With the advent of modern hernia surgery, trusses have generally become obsolete for persons who have reasonably inexpensive access to medical surgery procedures. Of historical interest, a variety of trusses are listed in the Snowden & Brother's catalog of the American Civil War era<ref name="ESI">{{cite book |last= Snowden |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= Weiss, John |editor= |others= |title= Surgical and Dental Instruments Catalogues from the Civil War Era |origdate= |origyear= |origmonth= |url=http://books.google.com.au/books?id=Kvs1LtPO5EgC&pg=PR9&lpg=PR9&dq=history+%22surgical+instruments%22&source=web&ots=S0gkxNB24l&sig=IJ9wdB_59i39VoWHdlBxW1WG7y4&hl=en#PPA47,M1 |format= |accessdate=2008-04-20 |edition= |series= |volume= |date= |year= |month= |publisher= Norman Publishing |location= |language= |isbn=978-0930405724 |oclc= |doi= |id= |pages= |chapter= |chapterurl= |quote= |ref= }}</ref>. ==References== {{reflist}} {{Unreferenced|date=August 2007}} [[Category:Medical equipment]] {{medical-equipment-stub}} [[de:Bruchband]]