[Report of the 2013 data of the Hungarian Vascular Registry]

Nationwide medical databases started to record observations in the 90s. A Hungarian vascular registry was set up in 2002, which processes data of carotid, aneurysm and lower extremity arterial operations. The Hungarian Society for Angiology and Vascular Surgery decided to analyse the data each year. In this article we show the results of the registered carotid, aneurysmal and lower limb operations which were carried out in 2013.

Altogether 3916 vascular surgical cases have been registered: 25.36% of cases were related to carotid arteries, 10.11% to aneurysms and 64.53% to lower limb operations. The surgical procedures were acute in 23.9% and they were performed electively in 76.10%. Stent graft implantation was performed in 31.47% of the abdominal aortic aneurysm cases and 68.53% was operated by open surgery. The average maximum diameter of aneurysms was 62.45 ± 12.05 mm. The mortality in aortic aneurysm surgery was 7.57% and 2.06% related to lower extremity surgeries. Carotid surgery has a combined mortality and stroke rate of 2.62%.

Registers have been proved to be useful in countries where they are used regularly for decision making. Our best common interest is to maintain a well-established national database.