A compression girdle (1) to support a portion of a patient's body, comprising: at least two stretchable bands (10, 11, 12) that include upper and lower bands, each band having a length and having first ends (17 ) and second (18) and means (14, 15, 16) to regulably connect the first (17) and second (18) ends together to vary a tension applied to the patient's body, each band having (10, 11, 12), in addition, a width defined by the upper and lower edges extending between the first (17) and second (18) ends, each band (10, 11, 12) having an internal surface configured to be placed together to the patient and an external surface configured to be placed away from the patient； and a plurality of vertical stitches (13) connecting the upper (10, 11) and lower (11, 12) bands, the inner surface of the upper band (10, 11) overlapping with the outer surface of the lower band (11 , 12) to form an overlapping portion (21), characterized in that the overlapping portion (21) has a width between the lower edge of the upper band (10, 11) and the upper edge of the lower band (11, 12) in the range of 0.635 cm to 5.08 cm, and because the vertical stitches (13) are completely located in the overlapping portion (21) in separate positions according to a first distance D1 above the lower edge of the upper band (10, 11 ) and a second distance D2 below the upper edge of the lower band (11, 12), the vertical stitches (13) being separated a distance in the range of 1.27 cm to 4.57 cm.Una faja (1) de compresión para soportar una porción del cuerpo de un paciente, que comprende: al menos dos bandas estirables (10, 11, 12) que incluyen bandas superior e inferior, teniendo cada banda una longitud y teniendo extremos primero (17) y segundo (18) y medios (14, 15, 16) para conectar de forma regulable los extremos primero (17) y segundo (18) entre sí para variar una tensión aplicada sobre el cuerpo del paciente, teniendo cada banda (10, 11, 12), además, una anchura definida por los bordes superior e in
