The American journal of emergency medicineHumansRetrospective StudiesBalloon OcclusionFemaleMale
Expanding the role of REBOA: From last-resort measure to enabler of surgery and angioembolization in shock.
Kuo-Chien Lee, Ling-Wei Kuo, Sheng-Yu Chan, Shih-Ching Kang, Chih-Yuan Fu
Published: 202610.1016/j.ajem.2025.10.047
Abstract
INTRODUCTION: Resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta (REBOA) is used for non-compressible torso hemorrhage, but its role in blunt abdominal trauma (BAT) with unstable hemodynamics remains debated, especially in high-level trauma ce…
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