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Table 3 Case volume by specialty

From: Management of blunt extracranial traumatic cerebrovascular injury: a multidisciplinary survey of current practice

Question: What is the approximate number of traumatic carotid or vertebral artery dissections or other injuries that you see per year?

 

None

1 to 5

5 to 10

> 10

Neurosurgeon n = 342

28 (8.2%)

237 (69.5%)

35 (10.3%)

41 (12.0%)

Trauma surgeon n = 136

2 (1.5%)

58 (42.6%)

29 (21.3%)

47 (34.6%)

General surgeon n = 19

4 (21.1%)

6 (31.6%)

4 (21.1%)

5 (26.3%)

Vascular surgeon n = 52

4 (7.7%)

36 (69.2%)

9 (17.3%)

3 (5.8%)

Neurologist n = 204

6 (2.9%)

102 (50.0%)

61 (29.9%)

35 (17.2%)

Interventional radiologist n = 30

0

6 (20.0%)

8 (26.7%)

16 (53.3%)