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Medical Definition of Velpeau bandage
: a bandage used to support and immobilize the arm when the clavicle is fractured
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Biographical Note for velpeau bandage
Velpeau
\vel-pō\, Alfred–Armand–Louis–Marie
(1795–1867), French surgeon. Velpeau was the leading French surgeon in the first half of the 19th century. In 1839 he introduced a bandage designed to support the arm in dislocation or fracture of the clavicle.
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