PT Inquest 178 Omitting Routine Radiographs After Wrist Fracture
Is more better? Would additional tests improve outcomes? How often do we look for things that may not actually make a difference? We explore these questions as we review this non-inferiority study on managing wrist fractures.
Omitting Routine Radiography of Traumatic Distal Radial Fractures After Initial 2-Week Follow-up Does Not Affect Outcomes. van Gerven P, El Moumni M, Zuidema WP, Rubinstein SM, Krijnen P, van Tulder MW, Schipper IB, Termaat MF. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2019 Aug 7;101(15):1342-1350. doi: 10.2106/JBJS.18.01160.
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