Aid for prevention of wound dehiscence

An aid for prevention of wound dehiscence for preventing an incised wound caused to a part of a body by incision from splitting open by covering the wound and wound-surrounding tissues, the aid comprising:

• a dehiscence preventive member adapted to cover up the wound and the wound-surrounding tissues;
• a holding member adapted to hold the dehiscence preventive member closely upon the wound and the wound-surrounding tissues;
• and
• a contraction preventive member having a capacity of keeping the dehiscence preventive member suitably expanded in a dehiscence direction and of preventing the expanded dehiscence preventive member from contracting, wherein
• a contraction distance of the dehiscence preventive member in the dehiscence direction which is determined in response to the application of the dehiscence preventive member is equal to or greater than a contraction distance of the holding member in the dehiscence direction which is determined in response to the application of the holding member,
• the dehiscence preventive member is adapted to be closely applied to the wound and the wound-surrounding tissues after being expanded in the dehiscence direction in a manner such that the contraction distance of the dehiscence preventive member in the dehiscence direction which is determined in response to the application of the dehiscence preventive member is equal to or greater than the contraction distance of the dehiscence preventive member in a direction normal to the dehiscence direction which is determined in response to the application of the dehiscence preventive member, and
• the contraction preventive member is removed after the dehiscence preventive member is applied by being fixed with the holding member.