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From: The effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta (REBOA) for trauma patients with uncontrolled torso haemorrhage: study protocol for a randomised clinical trial (the UK-REBOA trial)

Fig. 1

Resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta (REBOA). The device has been inserted into the right common femoral artery and advanced into the abdominal aorta. This placement is used for pelvic haemorrhage. The balloon can also be placed in the thoracic aorta, to control abdominal (with or without pelvic) haemorrhage

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