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REBOA: Rapid Aortic Control in the Trauma Patient
Shant M. Vartanian, MD Assistant Professor of Surgery Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery University of California, San Francisco
Disclosures
I have nothing to disclose
- Rapid Endovascular Balloon Occlusion of the Aorta
- Hemorrhage is the leading cause of preventable death in trauma
- Torso hemorrhage is particularly challenging to control
- Control hemorrhage
- Increase proximal aortic pressure
- Maintain perfusion to heart and brain
Overview
- Rapid Endovascular Balloon Occlusion of the Aorta
- Applied to:
- Ruptured AAA
- GI hemorrhage
- Post partum hemorrhage
- Elective pelvic oncologic surgery
- Reappraisal with recent combat experience in Afghanastan and
Iraq
- New technology -> push to enter mainstream practice