To allay fears whether they had misjudged the fractures even in patients with stable femur injuries, and thus do not require surgery, orthopedic surgeons often prescribe follow-up x-rays. Nevertheless, when a number of follow-up x-rays were reviewed, all the fractures that were initially screened as stable were found to have healed correctly. Thus ordering follow-up x-rays of femur fractures initially judged to be stable, is a drain on financial resources.
Which of the following, if true, most strengthens the argument?
A. X-rays of patients of several orthopedic surgeons working in numerous hospitals were reviewed.
B. General practitioners are less likely than orthopedic surgeons to judge the stability of a femur fracture correctly.
C. X-Rays of many femur injuries for which an initial x-ray is ordered, reveal no signs of any fracture of the femur.
D. Healing of femur fractures that have been surgically repaired is always assessed by means of a follow-up x-ray.
E. Orthopedic surgeons routinely order follow-up x-rays for fractures of bone other than femur bones.
Which of the following, if true, most strengthens the argument?
A. X-rays of patients of several orthopedic surgeons working in numerous hospitals were reviewed.
B. General practitioners are less likely than orthopedic surgeons to judge the stability of a femur fracture correctly.
C. X-Rays of many femur injuries for which an initial x-ray is ordered, reveal no signs of any fracture of the femur.
D. Healing of femur fractures that have been surgically repaired is always assessed by means of a follow-up x-ray.
E. Orthopedic surgeons routinely order follow-up x-rays for fractures of bone other than femur bones.
