DEMOGRAPHY OF ARTERIAL SURGERY IN NEW SOUTH WALES

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Abstract
Patients (2545) received arterial reconstructions excluding procedures which were primarily intrathoracic: 71% of these involved the abdominal aorta and lower limb arteries, 22% were associated with renal transplantation and angioaccess, while only 7% involved the extracranial arteries. Fifty-two surgeons regularly practiced arterial surgery, of whom 39 worked in the metropolitan health regions and 13 in country areas. The optimum number required for the whole state probably lies between 30-50. On a population basis the number of aortic and lower limb reconstructions seems appropriate to the projected need based on clinical indications, but the number of carotid reconstructions was < 10% of the projected need.

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