Additional Imaging is of Limited Value in Traumatic Hip Fractures With a History of Distant Malignancy and No Suspicious Lesion on Plain Radiographs

Conclusions: In the absence of a suspicious metastatic lesion on initial plain radiographs, further preoperative imaging is unlikely to identify a lesion that will affect management and confers significant delays to surgery. Sending intraoperative histological samples may help guide postoperative oncological management, but further work is needed to prove its utility. Level of Evidence: Diagnostic Level IV. See Instructions for Authors for a complete description of levels of evidence.
Source: Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma - Category: Orthopaedics Tags: Original Article Source Type: research