A one-year cost-utility analysis of REBOA versus RTACC for non-compressible torso haemorrhage.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Major trauma is a leading cause of death and disability in young adults, especially from massive non-compressible torso haemorrhage. The standard technique to control distal haemorrhage and maximise central perfusion is resuscitative thoracotomy with aortic cross-clamping (RTACC). More recently, the minimally invasive technique of resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta (REBOA) has been developed to similarly limit distal haemorrhage without the morbidity of thoracotomy; cost-utility studies on this intervention, however, are still lacking. The aim of this study was to perform a one-year cost-utility analysis of REBOA as an intervention for patients with major traumatic non-compressible abdominal haemorrhage, compared to RTACC within the U.K.'s Nation

SUBMITTER: Renna MS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6380757 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature