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Table 4 Surgical indication by type of fracture and timeframe from ED visit

From: Radiologic discrepancies in diagnosis of fractures in a Dutch teaching emergency department: a retrospective analysis

Type of fracture

<  24 h of ED visit

24 h

- 1 week of ED visit

1–6 weeks of ED visit

Greater tuberosity fracture

  

1

Pediatric supracondylar or transcondylar fracture of the humerus

4

1

 

Distal radial Salter-Harris type II fracture

1

  

Bennett fracture

  

1

Volar plate injury

1

  

Acetabular fracture

1

  

Subcapital femoral neck fracture

5

2

3

Intertrochanteric fracture

1

  

Tibial plateau fracture

2

  

Patellar tendon avulsion fracture

1

  

Weber C or maisonneuve fracture

1

1

 

Lisfranc injury

1

  
 

18/27 (67%)

4/27 (15%)

5/27 (18%)