A bandage is a piece of material used either to support a medical device such as a dressing or splint, or on its own to provide support for the movement of a part of the body. When used with a dressing, the dressing is applied directly on a wound, and a bandage is used to hold the dressing in place. Other bandages are used without dressings, such as elastic bandages, which are used to reduce swellings or to provide support to a sprained joint. Tight bandages can be used to slow blood flow to an extremity, such as when a leg or arm is bleeding heavily.

In the present book, eleven typical literatures about bandage published on international authoritative journals were selected to introduce the worldwide newest progress, which contains reviews or original researches on bandage. We hope this book can demonstrate advances in bandage as well as give references to the researchers, students and other related people.