Orthopaedic Forums

When the postoperative X-ray is “not perfect” but clinically acceptable — would you revise?

We occasionally finish a fixation where reduction or implant position is acceptable but not what we ideally wanted. The construct is stable and revising it would require significant additional surgical trauma. What findings make you reopen and revise immediately, and what imperfections are you willing to accept? Interested in examples from actual practice.