"In short, imaging did not affect patient-reported outcomes nor the risk of complications compared with usual care, meaning that routine imaging is not necessary nor is it a good use of resources. Good clinical judgement was sufficient to warrant a x-ray. For more reading pleasure, see any of the following articles. The economic evaluations will follow.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31393424
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30484949
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30109504
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30017422
https://trialsjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13063-015-0600-x
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