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Table 3 Summary of the utilisation of imaging in managing patients with non-urgent foot and ankle complaints in the usual care and triage clinics over the 12-month periods

From: The integration of a Podiatrist into an orthopaedic department: a cost-consequences analysis

Investigations

Usual care

Triage

X-Ray

57

98

Ultrasound

20

40

CT

1

3

MRI

3

3

Nuclear bone scan

3

1

  1. Abbreviations: X-Ray Plain film radiograph, CT Computed tomography, MRI Magnetic resonance imaging