After a motor vehicle accident, a patient is brought to the emergency room. X-rays reveal that she has fractures of her left ninth and tenth ribs.

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Surgery
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Rheumatology/Orthopedics & Sports

Kathryn

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After a motor vehicle accident, a patient is brought to the emergency room. X-rays reveal that she has fractures of her left ninth and tenth ribs. She has a rapid heart rate and low blood pressure. Peritoneal lavage reveals free blood in the peritoneal cavity. A surgeon is able to stop the bleeding by placing a clamp across which of the following structures?
(A) Broad ligament
(B) Falciform ligament
(C) Gastrosplenic ligament
(D) Hepatoduodenal ligament
(E) Splenorenal ligament