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Author: Dr. John Winkler

Educational Pearls:

• REBOA stands for Resuscitative Endovascular Balloon Occlusion of the Aorta.
• The balloon is often placed via femoral artery and placed in the aorta at the level of the heart to increase perfusion to the brain in trauma.
• Significantly less invasive than a thoracotomy and has less complications of infection.

References:

• http://journals.lww.com/jtrauma/Abstract/2013/09000/A_clinical_series_of_resuscitative_endovascular.24.aspx