title: Use of the"bogota bag"for closure of open abdominal wound after exploratory laparotomy - our experience at Mayo Hospital Lahore.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess the efficacy of Bogota bag for closure of open abdominal wounds after laparotomy where the primary closure cannot be achieved and other closure techniques are not available.
  
  
  METHODS
  The descriptive study was conducted at Mayo Hospital, Lahore, Pakistan, from September 2011 to February2015, and comprised patients who underwent laparotomy and peritoneal cavities and who could not be closed primarily because of various reasons like traumatic loss and oedematous gut. They were managed with Bogota bag for abdominal closure. SPSS 18 was used for statistical analysis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Of the 55 patients, 37(67.27%) were male and 18(32.73%) were female. There was traumatic loss in 34(61.8%), oedematous gut and omentum in 15(27.27%) and gangrenous abdominal wall in 6(10.9%) patients. Bogota bag was applied in all (100%) of them. In 19(34.55%) patients, delayed primary closure was possible, so the Bogota was used temporarily. In 36(65.45%) cases managed with Bogota bag, healing occurred by granulation tissue or skin grafting/flaps were applied and these patients developed hernia. Five (9.09%) patients developed small bowel fistula which was managed conservatively. No patient developed complication due to exposure or abdominal compartment. There were 7(12.8%) postoperative deaths due to the disease process and were unrelated to the closure technique.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Bogota bag was an effective means of closure of open abdominal wound and prevented the complications due to open abdominal wounds or closure under tension.
authors.affiliation: King Edward Medical University/Mayo Hospital, Lahore, Pakistan.
authors.forename: Yar
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Muhammad
authors.affiliation: King Edward Medical University/Mayo Hospital, Lahore, Pakistan.
authors.forename: Khalid Masood
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Gondal
authors.affiliation: King Edward Medical University/Mayo Hospital, Lahore, Pakistan.
authors.forename: Umair Ahmed
authors.initials: UA
authors.lastname: Khan
mesh_terms: D000005:Abdomen / Q000601:surgery*; D000007:Abdominal Injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D034861:Abdominal Wall / Q000601:surgery*; D004487:Edema; D005260:Female; D005734:Gangrene / Q000601:surgery*; D046449:Hernia, Abdominal / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D007412:Intestinal Fistula / Q000453:epidemiology; D007813:Laparotomy / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D010154:Pakistan; D010538:Peritonitis / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D058106:Wound Closure Techniques / Q000295:instrumentation*; D014945:Wound Healing
keywords: Open abdominal wound, Bogota bag, Closure technique, Complications.