Table 1.
Characteristics of surgeon respondents (n=33)
| Geographical location* (Canada) | |
| West | 27.3 |
| Central | 54.5 |
| East | 18.2 |
| Practice type | |
| Academic | 63.6 |
| Community | 12.1 |
| Mixed | 24.2 |
| Fellowship training | |
| Microsurgery | 70.0 |
| Breast reconstruction | 39.4 |
| Self-affiliation | |
| Microsurgery | 66.7 |
| Breast reconstruction | 87.9 |
| Years in practice, mean (range) | 14.0 (2–31) |
| Years of using CTA in the preoperative planning of perforator flap BR, mean (range) | 1.9 (0–14) |
Data presented as % unless otherwise indicated.
*
West: British Columbia, Alberta; Central: Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario; East: Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Labrador. CTA Computed tomography angiography; BR Breast reconstruction