TY - JOUR AU - Kiszka, Marcin AU - Kazubski, Filip AU - Maj, Magdalena AU - Banasiewicz, Tomasz PY - 2018/04/01 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - A simple and low-cost technique of creating a Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (NPWT) machine on the example of a severe phlegmon of lower limb in lower socio-economic area. JF - Negative Pressure Wound Therapy Journal JA - NPWTJ VL - 5 IS - 1 SE - Case Reports DO - 10.18487/npwtj.v5i1.36 UR - https://npwtj.com/index.php/npwtj/article/view/36 SP - 12-14 AB - The Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (NPWT) is an approved method of healing lower extremity ulcers of various origin, accelerating the wound closure process, thus decreasing the hospital-stay time and lowering the cost of the treatment. Although it is scarcely needed in developing countries such as Kenya, there is a lack of official supplier of the NPWT equipment. We present an improvised method of constructing a reliable and effective NPWT dressing form widely available tools in a case of treating a post-traumatic phlegmon in a HIV-positive patient. ER -