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Figure 1

A 67 year old man was sustained pelvic bone fracture. Enhanced abdominal CT showed extravasation of contrast in right internal iliac artery injury (arrow).

Figure 2

(A) Wrapping of the pelvis with a sheet is a simple and effective treatment for immediate management of bleeding in patients with an open-book injury.

AP radiograph of the pelvis before (B) and after (C) wrapping around the pelvis.

Figure 3

AP radiograph of the pelvis before (A) and after (B) application of external fixator.

Figure 4

Fluoroscopic images (A) showing extravasation of contrast (arrow) in a internal iliac artery injury, which is the controlled with angiographic coiling (B).

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