A Comparative Analysis of Resuscitative Endovascular Balloon Occlusion of the Aorta (REBOA), Resuscitative Thoracotomy, and Nonprocedural Care for the Management of Life-Threatening Traumatic Torso Hemorrhage
Mortality associated with EDT is higher than that of REBOA. Mortality for both is higher than nonprocedural hemostatic resuscitation. REBOA is an appropriate salvage maneuver for patients with life-threatening abdominopelvic hemorrhage. However, our results do not support liberalizing its indications to patients responsive to hemostatic resuscitation.
Authors
- Raymond I Okeke (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7185-9571)
- Thomas P Hoag
- Diana Fan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2357-8641)
- Mark P. Yeager (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-0856-4241)
- Matthew Whalen
- Thomas Koch (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0417-5700)
- S Spence
- John Culhane
- Claudio Sandoval (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5463-7731)
- J. Fox
- Dana Alshekhlee
- Blake Miyamoto
- Claire Schroll
- William Rudder
Institutions
- Saint Louis University Hospital (US)
- Saint Louis University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Cureus
- Published
- 2025-03-07
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.80210
- Primary Topic
- Trauma and Emergency Care Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00