The majority of radiographs made at the first postoperative visit in the surgeon's office after acute fracture fixation did not result in a change in patient management and added substantial cost to the health-care system.

: Level IV, case series.

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While it is widely understood that management of hip fractures not only represents clinical decision making dilemmas for the individual orthopaedist, these increasingly common injuries present economic burdens to local and national systems as well. This supplement article looks at current clinical trends, as well as systems-based issues in the United States and Canada.