Table 1: Temporal artery biopsies (TABs) performed (n = 9958) in Ontario by specialty (2003−2012)
Physician specialtyNo. (%) of TABs
(n = 9958)
Cardiac surgery58(0.6)
Emergency medicine1(0.0)
Family medicine27(0.3)
General surgery3791(38.1)
Neurosurgery66(0.7)
Ophthalmology3088(31.0)
Otolaryngology497(5.0)
Plastic surgery2349(23.6)
Thoracic surgery43(0.4)
Urology21(0.2)
Vascular surgery17(0.2)