Nilsson Carolina, Bilos Linda, Hörer Tal, Pirouzram Artai
From the Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Örebro University Hospital and Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden.
Innovations (Phila). 2017 Jul/Aug;12(4):e1-e2. doi: 10.1097/IMI.0000000000000383.
The usage of resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta, also known as aortic balloon occlusion, is an emerging method for bleeding control as a bridge to definitive treatment in trauma management. We describe a trauma case where resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta was used as part of the EndoVascular hybrid Trauma and bleeding Management concept to facilitate transient hemorrhage control and thereby to permit damage control surgery. The case is an illustration of the adoption of a multidisciplinary approach.
