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The standard of surgery performed by vascular surgeons in New Zealand is constantly assessed by the National Vascular Audit.  Vascular surgeons throughout New Zealand submit audit data voluntarily to the National Vascular Audit.  This data is collated in Dunedin and results fed back to members at the annual vascular meeting.

Data from the VSNZ was submitted to the European Society for Vascular Surgery and contributed to the "First Vascular Surgery Database Report" of the ESVS (this is a 13Mb pdf file). This report is a comparative study of aortic aneurysm surgery in six countries.

Recent publications from NZVasc

Grant M, Thomson I, van Rij A. In-hospital Mortality of Ruptured Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm. ANZJ Surg 2008; 78(8): 698-704.

Thomson I, Goh F, Livingston V, van Rij A. How safe is open abdominal aortic aneurysm surgery for octogenarians in New Zealand? ANZJS (in press)

Thomson I. Abdominal aortic aneurysm - can we improve on current management? N Z Med J 2007; 120(1251): U2462.

Thomson I, Muduioa G, Gray A. Vascular trauma in New Zealand: an 11-year review of NZVASC, the New Zealand Society of Vascular Surgeons' audit database. N Z Med J 2004; 117(1201): U1048.

Thomson I, Adams D. Carotid endarterectomy in New Zealand. N Z Med J 2000; 113(1112): 259.

Day C, Buckenham T. Outcomes of endovascular repair of acute thoracic aortic injury: Interrogation of the New Zealand thoracic aortic stent database (NZ TAS). Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg 2008; 36: 530-534.

Day C, Buckenham T. Endovascular repair of the thoracic aorta: Predictors of mortality in patients on the New Zealand Thoracic Aortic Stent Database (NZ TAS). Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg 2008 in press.