Table 2 Overall responses to the questionnaire
1. | What is your specialty? |
|  | • Trauma surgeon = 137 (18.1%) |
|  | • General surgeon = 19 (2.5%) |
|  | • Neurosurgeon = 342 (45.2%) |
|  | • Vascular surgeon = 52 (6.9%) |
|  | • Neurologist = 205 (27.1%) |
|  | • Interventional radiologist = 30 (4.0%) |
2. | What is the approximate number of traumatic carotid or vertebral artery dissections or other injuries that you see per year? |
|  | • None = 46 (6.0%) |
|  | • 1-5 = 442 (57.4%) |
|  | • 5-10 = 144 (18.7%) |
|  | • > 10 = 138 (17.9%) |
3. | What is your preferred method of imaging? |
|  | • MRI/MRA = 175 (22.8%) |
|  | • CTA = 464 (60.5%) |
|  | • Doppler = 13 (1.7%) |
|  | • Catheter angiography = 115 (15.0%) |
4. | In most cases which treatment do you prefer? |
|  | • Anticoagulation (heparin and/or warfarin) = 325 (42.8%) |
|  | • Antiplatelet drugs = 247 (32.5%) |
|  | • Both anticoagulation and antiplatelet drugs = 130 (17.1%) |
|  | • Stent and/or embolization = 57 (7.5%) |
5. | How would you manage a patient with intraluminal thrombus and no related neurological symptoms? |
|  | • Thrombolytics = 47 (6.2%) |
|  | • Heparin and/or warfarin = 500 (65.7%) |
|  | • Antiplatelet drugs = 174 (22.9%) |
|  | • None of the above = 40 (5.3%) |
6. | Should asymptomatic traumatic dissections and traumatic aneurysms be treated with endovascular techniques, such as stenting and/or embolization? |
|  | • Yes = 158 (20.7%) |
|  | • No = 211 (27.7%) |
|  | • Only if there is worsening of the lesion on follow-up imaging = 394 (51.6%) |