PMID- 31245615 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20220409 IS - 2397-5776 (Electronic) IS - 2397-5776 (Linking) VI - 4 IP - 1 DP - 2019 TI - Resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta (REBOA): indications: advantages and challenges of implementation in traumatic non-compressible torso hemorrhage. PG - e000262 LID - 10.1136/tsaco-2018-000262 [doi] LID - e000262 AB - BACKGROUND: Resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta (REBOA) is regaining popularity in the treatment of traumatic non-compressible torso bleeding. Advances in invasive radiology coupled with new damage control measures assisted in the refinement of the technique with promising outcomes. The literature continues to have substantial heterogeneity about REBOA indications, applications, and the challenges confronted when implementing the technique in a level I trauma center. Scoping reviews are excellent platforms to assess the diverse literature of a new technique. It is for the first time that a scoping review is adopted for this topic. Advances in invasive radiology coupled with new damage control measures assisted in the refinement of the technique with promising outcomes. The literature continues to have substantial heterogeneity about REBOA indications, applications, and the challenges confronted when implementing the technique in a level I trauma center. Scoping reviews are excellent platforms to assess the diverse literature of a new technique. It is for the first time that a scoping review is adopted for this topic. METHODS: Critical search from MEDLINE, EMBASE, BIOSIS, COCHRANE CENTRAL, PUBMED and SCOPUS were conducted from the earliest available dates until March 2018. Evidence-based articles, as well as gray literature at large, were analyzed regardless of the quality of articles. RESULTS: We identified 1176 articles related to the topic from all available database sources and 57 reviews from the gray literature search. The final review yielded 105 articles. Quantitative and qualitative variables included patient demographics, study design, study objectives, methods of data collection, indications, REBOA protocol used, time to deployment, zone of deployment, occlusion time, complications, outcome, and the level of expertise at the concerned trauma center. CONCLUSION: Growing levels of evidence support the use of REBOA in selected indications. Our data analysis showed an advantage for its use in terms of morbidities and physiologic derangement in comparison to other resuscitation measures. Current challenges remain in the selective application, implementation, competency assessment, and credentialing for the use of REBOA in trauma settings. The identification of the proper indication, terms of use, and possible advantage of the prehospital and partial REBOA are topics for further research. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Level III. FAU - Bekdache, Omar AU - Bekdache O AD - Department of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. AD - Department of Surgery, Tawam Hospital - Johns Hopkins, Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. FAU - Paradis, Tiffany AU - Paradis T AD - Department of Surgery, McGill University Faculty of Medicine, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. FAU - Shen, Yu Bai He AU - Shen YBH AD - Department of Surgery, McGill University Faculty of Medicine, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. FAU - Elbahrawy, Aly AU - Elbahrawy A AD - Department of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. AD - Medical Research Institute, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt. FAU - Grushka, Jeremy AU - Grushka J AD - Department of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. FAU - Deckelbaum, Dan AU - Deckelbaum D AD - Department of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. FAU - Khwaja, Kosar AU - Khwaja K AD - Department of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. FAU - Fata, Paola AU - Fata P AD - Department of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. FAU - Razek, Tarek AU - Razek T AD - Department of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. FAU - Beckett, Andrew AU - Beckett A AD - Department of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. AD - Department of Surgery, Royal Canadian Medical Services, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20190415 PL - England TA - Trauma Surg Acute Care Open JT - Trauma surgery & acute care open JID - 101698646 PMC - PMC6560484 OTO - NOTNLM OT - REBOA OT - balloon vascular occlusion OT - damage control occlusion of the aorta OT - resuscitative aortic occlusion OT - resuscitative balloon occlusion of the aorta OT - therapeutic occlusion of the aorta COIS- Competing interests: None declared. EDAT- 2019/06/28 06:00 MHDA- 2019/06/28 06:01 PMCR- 2019/04/15 CRDT- 2019/06/28 06:00 PHST- 2019/06/28 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2019/06/28 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2019/06/28 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2019/04/15 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - tsaco-2018-000262 [pii] AID - 10.1136/tsaco-2018-000262 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Trauma Surg Acute Care Open. 2019 Apr 15;4(1):e000262. doi: 10.1136/tsaco-2018-000262. eCollection 2019.