Colonic Stents for Colorectal Cancer Are Seldom Used and Mainly for Palliation of Obstruction: A Population-Based Study

Table 2

Number of physicians and colonic stents by physician specialty in unique patients with colorectal cancer receiving their index stent between April 1, 2000, and March 31, 2009.

Physician specialty	Number of unique physicians	Total number of index colonic stents placed by specialty	Median number of index colonic stents per physician specialty (IQR)
Gastroenterology	27	130	3 (1–7)
Radiology	31	78	1 (1–3)
General surgery	9	17	1 (1-2)