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Table 1.

The relationship between bleeding arteries (the largest bleeding vessel in each patient) and mortality according to the pelvic fracture type (n = 49)

Fracture type^a	Patients	Arteries			Nonsurvivors
Fracture type^a	Patients	Large^b	Medium^c	Small^d	Patients
Iliac wing (type A2)	1^e	0	1	0	1
Open book (type B1)	2	0	0	2	0
Lateral compression (type B2)	5	0	1	4	0
Unstable (type C1–C3)	38	7	16	15	11
Acetabulum	3	0	2	1	2
Totals	49	7	20	22	14

^aPelvic ring fracture type according to Tile’s classification and acetabular fracture type according to Judet and Letournel’s classification

^bLarge arteries: main trunk of internal or external iliac

^cMedium-size arteries: superior gluteal, inferior gluteal

^dSmall-size arteries: iliolumbar, sacral, obturator, pudendal, vesical, and femoral circumflex

^e92-year-old male with a comminuted type A fracture of the iliac wing