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No more 'routine' chest radiographs in patients with proximal femoral fractures?
1Department of Orthopaedics, Rotherham General Hospital, South Yorkshire, UK.
Abstract:
The proportion of abnormal chest radiographs in patients admitted following a femoral neck fracture was assessed. Significant abnormalities were found in 14%. In all these cases chest radiography was indicated. No abnormality was unexpected clinically.