Open AccessA three-tier Rescue stent improves outcomes over balloon occlusion in a porcine model of noncompressible hemorrhage
Author(s) -
Catherine Go,
Moataz Elsisy,
Youngjae Chun,
Parthasarathy D. Thirumala,
William W. Clark,
Sung Kwon Cho,
Anthony J. Demetris,
Bryan Tillman
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
the journal of trauma and acute care surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.25
H-Index - 187
eISSN - 2163-0763
pISSN - 2163-0755
DOI - 10.1097/ta.0000000000002715
Subject(s) - medicine , balloon , stent , occlusion , surgery , ischemia , abdominal aorta , spinal cord injury , spinal cord , anesthesia , aorta , cardiology , psychiatry
Noncompressible hemorrhage remains a high-mortality injury, and aortic balloon occlusion poses limitations in terms of distal ischemic injury. Our hypothesis was that a retrievable Rescue stent would confer improved outcome over aortic balloon occlusion.