Lukas Shum-Tim, Simon Bichara-Allard, Brent Hopkins, Nawaf AlShahwan, Stephen Hanley, Ramiro Manzano-Nunez, Alberto F Garcia, Dan Deckelbaum, Jeremy Grushka, Tarek Razek, Paola Fata, Kosar Khwaja, Katherine McKendy, Atif Jastaniah, Evan G Wong
BACKGROUND: Resuscitative Endovascular Balloon Occlusion of the Aorta (REBOA) is gaining popularity worldwide for managing hypotensive trauma patients. Vascular access complications related to REBOA placement have been reported, with some cases resulting in permanent morbidity. We aim to capitalize on the increase in literature to further describe and estimate the incidence of REBOA-associated vascular access complications in adult trauma patients. METHOD: We searched Medline, EMBASE, Scopus and CINAHL for studies reporting vascular access complications of REBOA in adult trauma patients from inception to Oct 14, 2021...
July 21, 2023: Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery