A medical/surgical corset which has an air bag (18) inside that part of the wall (12) thereof which overlies the abdomen of the wearer. The bag may be partly air- filled, for example, to between a third and a quarter of its natural volume. The bag can be sealed or can have a tube 28 through which air can be fed into the bag or let out of the bag. The bag can be constituted by two sheets of synthetic plastics material heat sealed or otherwise secured to one another around their peripheries. The thickness of the bag, measured between the two sheets which constitute it can be about 1 cm. IMAGE
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