Registro de Actividades de la Sociedad Española de Angiología y Cirugía Vascular, año 2012

Abstract

ObjectiveTo describe the health care activities carried out by Angiology and Vascular Surgery departments/units in Spain during 2012. Patients and methodsCross-sectional study. The surgical and endovascular procedures carried out in 2012 were recorded in 74 Angiology and Vascular Surgery departments/units (38 of them, teaching centres), corresponding to 79 institutions. A descriptive analysis was performed, and the volume of activity was compared as regards the teaching accreditation and the previous year's activity. ResultsThere were a total of 45,406 hospital admissions, 36.2% for emergencies and 63.8% for elective admissions, with an overall mean stay of 7.0 days. As of 31 December 2012 the waiting list has more venous than arterial diseases (11,177 vs. 1,981). Direct arterial surgical activity at 2012 was similar to that in 2011 (34,113 vs. 33,252; a increase of 3%) and consisted of 2,504 interventions in the supra-aortic trunk, 1,048 in upper limbs, 145 in the thoracic/thoraco-abdominal aorta, 3,242 in the anatomic aorto-iliac segment (1,156 for elective abdominal aortic aneurysms and 407 for emergency abdominal aortic aneurysms), and 1,334 interventions involving an extra-anatomic route, 2,640 in the femoral-popliteal segment and 1,431 in the femoral-distal segment of the lower limbs. Venous surgery was lower (23,635 procedures vs. 27,503 at 2011; a decrease of 14%), and the most frequently performed intervention in venous surgery was for varicose veins (n=19,539). Arterial endovascular activity increased slightly (10,983 vs. 10,508 at 2011; an increase of 5%), and venous endovascular activity increased by 12% (470 vs. 419 at 2011). Overall, 279,329 examinations were carried out in the Vascular Laboratory (1% more than in 2011). The volume of activity was significantly higher in teaching centres than in non-teaching centres. ConclusionsCompared to 2011, arterial and venous surgical procedures and vascular laboratory activity were similar. Endovascular activity, especially venous activity, has increased compared to 2011. Teaching centres have a larger volume of activity than non-teaching centres.