Registro de actividades de la Sociedad Española de Angiología y Cirugía Vascular, año2014

Abstract

ObjectiveTo describe the health-care activities carried out by Angiology and Vascular Surgery Departments/Units in Spain in 2014. Patients and methodsCross-sectional study using a questionnaire sent to 107 centres on surgical procedures and vascular examinations performed in 2014. A descriptive analysis of results and comparison of the activity ratio/100,000 population with 2013 is also presented. ResultsResponses were received from 72 department (35 of them teaching), corresponding to 78 centres. In 2014 there were 44,295 admissions, of which 32.2% were emergency and 67.8% were elective, with a mean hospital stay of 7.3 days. The waiting list on December, 31st 2014 showed a predominance of venous rather than arterial disease (13,446 vs. 1,890). Arterial surgery in 2014 was similar to 2013, with some differences in the ratios/100,000 population: 9.4 vs. 10.3 in the supra-aortic trunk, 1.2 vs. 1.5 in the thoracic aorta, 0.38 vs. 0.31 in the thoracic-abdominal aorta, 1.3 vs. 1.4 in visceral arteries, 9.9 vs. 9.4 in the abdominal aorta, 11.2 vs. 11.4 in the aortic-iliac segment, 22.0 vs. 21.4 in the femoral-popliteal segment, and 9.0 vs. 9.4 in the distal segment. The ratio of conventional surgical procedures was lower for all of these, whereas that of endovascular surgery increased in some cases. Compared to 2013, there was similar number of haemodialysis access procedures performed in 2014 (20.6 vs. 19.9). Procedures involving major and minor amputations were similar (7.4 vs. 7.6, 10.8 vs. 11.3, respectively). The overall venous surgery activity in 2014 was similar to 2013 (65.4 vs. 67.4), although there were more procedures using endovascular surgery. The ratio/100,000 population of vascular examinations was similar to 2013 (760.5 vs. 764.1). ConclusionThe activity was stable in 2014 compared to 2013, in almost the whole area of arterial surgery, although endovascular procedures increased in some vascular areas. Venous surgery on the whole has remained, with similar number of procedures, despite that the varicose treatments significantly increased in endovascular procedures. Vascular examinations maintained a similar activity to 2013.