title: [Negative pressure therapy in austere environments: extremities].
abstract: Negative pressure therapy (NPT) is widely used in developed countries where it a technique of choice in the management of wound healing on extremities. Because of the cost, the specific ressources necessary forNPT are scarce in austere environments. This report describes a simple, economical alternative technique using a "breathing bandage" that can be made from from widely used surgical products.
authors.affiliation: Service de Chirurgie orthopédique, Hôpital d'Instruction des Armées Robert Picqué Bordeaux. anais-chataigneau@hotmail.fr
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chataigneau
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Peycru
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Mottier
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Gersen Cherdieu
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Allizard
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ollat
mesh_terms: D000075202:Contraindications; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D005121:Extremities / Q000473:pathology; D006272:Health Facility Environment / Q000191:economics*; D006801:Humans; D054843:Negative-Pressure Wound Therapy / Q000191:economics* / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011203:Poverty; D014945:Wound Healing; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000628:therapy