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. 2011 Apr 8;6:11. doi: 10.1186/1749-7922-6-11

Table 3.

Case volume by specialty

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%)