Description: An abdominal binder is a wide compression belt that encircles your abdomen. An abdominal binder may be used to speed-up the recovery process after abdominal surgery. Abdominal binders are compression belts that encircle abdomen, commonly used to augment the recovery process after abdominal surgery like exploratory laparotomy, cesarean section, bariatric surgery, hysterectomy, or spinal surgery.