OBJECTIVE: To review the success rate of @entity887 in stopping @entity548 for unstable @entity1 with severe @entity174 , to calculate the time to achieve @entity887 , and to determine the yield from angiography. DESIGN: Retrospective review of @entity1 admitted to a Level I @entity130 center with @entity174 during a 5-year period. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Charts were reviewed for Injury Severity Score, age, blood pressure, @entity556 time/partial thromboplastin time, pelvic fracture type, mortality, time to reach the angiography suite, time to achieve @entity887 , and mechanism of injury. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS: Of 806 @entity1 admitted with @entity174 , 35 underwent pelvic angiography, and 15 (1.9%) required @entity887 . Embolization was successful for all @entity1 . No deaths resulted from ongoing @entity548 . Angiography yield in initially unstable @entity1 was 64%. The mean age and initial hemodynamic instability were significantly greater in nonsurvivors. The time from arrival in the @entity130 bay to arrival in the angiography suite ranged from 50 to 1,140 minutes, and the time spent in the angiography suite performing @entity887 ranged from 50 to 140 minutes, with an average time of 90 minutes. @entity1 who were embolized within 3 hours of arrival had a significantly greater survival rate. CONCLUSION: Only a small percentage of @entity1 with @entity174 require @entity887 , but when it is used, @entity887 can be 100% effective. Age, time to achieve @entity887 , and initial hemodynamic instability appear to be important factors in survival.

Arterial embolization is a rapid and effective technique for controlling pelvic XXXX .

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['Patients', 'patients'] @entity556 :: ('2147', 'Gene') :: ['prothrombin'] @entity174 :: ('MESH:D050723', 'Disease') :: ['pelvic fractures'] @entity548 :: ('MESH:D006470', 'Disease') :: ['hemorrhage'] @entity887 :: ('MESH:D004617', 'Disease') :: ['embolization'] @entity130 :: ('MESH:D014947', 'Disease') :: ['trauma']
@entity548 :: (MESH:D006470,Disease) :: ['fracture hemorrhage']
