[Using negative pressure therapy to prevent and treat wounds].

The offer of Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (NPWT) has considerably increased these last years. Nowadays, one can choose between different tools such as motorised systems - or not - like pumps; devices which are particularly portables; automated therapies allowing regular instillations; or finally systems adapted to specific indications like "open abdominal wounds". This diversity of devices implies more than ever that prescriptions from the medical doctor be detailed and a good trackability of the nursing follow-up.