Are Unnecessary Serial Radiographs Being Ordered in Children with Distal Radius Buckle Fractures?

<table class="fixed-width table-group" id="tab1"><tr><td><table class="table"><colgroup><col style="width:11.21em"/><col style="width:3.43em"/></colgroup><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Total number of patients</td><td class="align_center">136</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Mean age (years)</td><td class="align_center">9</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Age range</td><td class="align_center">0–16</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Sex (male/female)</td><td class="align_center">83/53</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Side (left/right)</td><td class="align_center">83/53</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Nonangulated/angulated</td><td class="align_center">95/41</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="2"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

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Table 1: Are Unnecessary Serial Radiographs Being Ordered in Children with Distal Radius Buckle Fractures? 