Serial Bogota bag tightening: A pragmatic advance in open abdomen management for resource-limited settings

doi:10.4292/wjgpt.120768

Advanced Search

BPG is committed to discovery and dissemination of knowledge

Home / Archive / Volume 17, Issue 3

This Article

(13)

(11)

(0)

(13)

(215)

Peer-Review Report of This Article

CrossCheck and Google Search of This Article

Academic Rules and Norms of This Article

Citation of this article

Corresponding Author of This Article

Research Domain of This Article

Article-Type of This Article

Open-Access Policy of This Article

Times Cited Counts in Google of This Article

Journal Information of This Article

Publication Name

World Journal of Gastrointestinal Pharmacology and Therapeutics

ISSN

2150-5349

Publisher of This Article

Baishideng Publishing Group Inc, 7041 Koll Center Parkway, Suite 160, Pleasanton, CA 94566, USA

Editorial

Copyright: ©Author(s) 2026. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license. No commercial re-use. See permissions. Published by Baishideng Publishing Group Inc.

World J Gastrointest Pharmacol Ther. Sep 5, 2026; 17(3): 120768
Published online Sep 5, 2026. doi: 10.4292/wjgpt.120768

Table 4 Study outcomes - serial tightening vs control, mean ± SD

Outcome	Serial tightening (n = 18)	Control (n = 18)	P value
Time to SSD ≤ 5 cm (days)	9.94 ± 1.88	13.0 ± 2.87	0.0003
Hospital stay (days)	17.0 ± 1.85	20.39 ± 3.17	0.0013
Complications	Comparable	Comparable	NS
Mortality	Comparable	Comparable	NS

NS: Not significant; SSD: Skin-to-skin distance.

Full Size Table

Citation: Feyissa GD. Serial Bogota bag tightening: A pragmatic advance in open abdomen management for resource-limited settings. World J Gastrointest Pharmacol Ther 2026; 17(3): 120768
URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/2150-5349/full/v17/i3/120768.htm
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.4292/wjgpt.120768

Feyissa GD. Serial Bogota bag tightening: A pragmatic advance in open abdomen management for resource-limited settings. World J Gastrointest Pharmacol Ther 2026; 17(3): 120768 [PMID: 42707488 DOI: 10.4292/wjgpt.120768]

All content on this site: Copyright © 1993-2026 Baishideng Publishing Group Inc, its licensors, and contributors. All rights are reserved, including those for text and data mining, AI training, and similar technologies. For all open access content, the relevant licensing terms apply.