Ali. E. Dabiri1,2,*, Matthew Martin3, Ghassan S. Kassab1
Molecular & Cellular Biomechanics, Vol.17, No.1, pp. 25-31, 2020, DOI:10.32604/mcb.2019.07310
Abstract The world-wide impact of traumatic injury and associated hemorrhage
on human health and well-being is significant. Methods to manage bleeding from
sites within the torso, referred to as non-compressible torso hemorrhage (NCTH),
remain largely limited to the use of conventional operative techniques. The overall
mortality rate of patients with NCTH is approximately 50%. Studies from the wars
in Afghanistan and Iraq have suggested that up to 80% of potentially survivable
patients die as a result of uncontrolled exsanguinating hemorrhage. The
commercially available resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta
(REBOA) is a percutaneous device… More >