Should all elective knee radiographs requested by general practitioners be performed weight-bearing?
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Should all elective knee radiographs requested by general practitioners be performed weight-bearing?
The aims of this study were to: [1] Assess the number of patients with suspected knee osteoarthritis that underwent repeat weight-bearing(WB) knee radiographs in the orthopaedic clinic following initial non-WB radiograph requested by their general practitioner (GP). [2] Confirm whether repeating WB knee views changed radiology reports. [3] Determine the number of London trusts with protocols fo...
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عنوان ژورنال: SpringerPlus
سال: 2014
ISSN: 2193-1801
DOI: 10.1186/2193-1801-3-707