What is Bogotá bag?
[[File:Decompression laparotomy for abdominal compartment syndrome.jpg|thumb|A Bogotá bag covering the abdominal organs in a decompression laparotomy for [[abdominal compartment syndrome]] in a burn patient. The incision is left open and the abdominal organs are covered until the pressure within the abdomen is reduced.]] A '''Bogotá bag''' is a sterile [[plastic bag]] used to temporarily close incisions in the abdomen.<ref>{{cite journal |author=Rutherford EJ, Skeete DA, Brasel KJ |title=Management of the patient with an open abdomen: techniques in temporary and definitive closure |journal=Curr Probl Surg |volume=41 |issue=10 |pages=815–76 |date=October 2004 |pmid=15685140 |doi=10.1067/j.cpsurg.2004.08.002 |url=https://archive.org/details/sim_current-problems-in-surgery_2004-10_41_10/page/815}}</ref> It is generally a sterilized, 3 liter urological irrigation fluid bag, that is sewn to the skin or fascia of the anterior abdominal wall. It is called a 'Bogotá bag' because it was first used by Oswaldo Borraez, a doctor in [[Bogotá]], [[Colombia]]. Temporary abdominal closure techniques are used to postpone definite closure until predisposing factors causing pathologic elevation of intra abdominal pressure are resolved. These techniques include the Bogota bag, absorbable mesh, vacuum pack dressings, the Wittmann patch or velcro burr and the KCI VAC or Abthera dressings.<ref>[http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1742-481X.2012.00953.x/abstract Fitzgerald JEF, Gupta S, Masterson S, Sigurdsson HH. Laparostomy Management using the ABThera™ Open Abdomen Negative Pressure Therapy System in a Grade IV Open Abdomen Secondary to Acute Pancreatitis. International Wound Journal 2012. PMID 22487377]</ref> Temporary abdominal closure techniques are most commonly used in cases of [[abdominal compartment syndrome]] in which decompressive laparotomy is necessary to reduce intra abdominal pressure to restore system perfusion. The Bogota bag acts as a hermetic barrier that avoids evisceration and loss of fluids. Another