Trauma centers and surgeons are increasingly using REBOA (or resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta) to treat patients in hemorrhagic shock. REBOA isn’t exactly a new procedure. In fact, it’s been around for a while. As noted by Stannard, Eliason and Rasmussen in their 2011 paper in the Journal of Trauma, balloon occlusion of…
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