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LIGATURE OF THE INTERNAL ILIAC ARTERY FOR MASSIVE HAEMORRHAGE COMPLICATING FRACTURE OF THE PELVIS



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Abstract

1. Three cases of severe retroperitoneal haemorrhage complicating fractures of the pelvis are described. In two patients haemorrhage was immediately controlled by ligation of the internal iliac artery. The third patient died before the bleeding could be controlled.

2. Ligature of the internal iliac artery may be a life-saving measure when fracture of the pelvis is complicated by severe haemorrhage.

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