Preliminary experience with a large scale vascular registry.

The preliminary study carried out on a voluntary basis, has illustrated the feasibility of a large scale vascular registry serving as a benchmark against which a standard of practice of vascular surgery can be assessed. An initial experience with 165 surgeons active in the clinical practice of surgery (contributing 8,800 major vascular reconstructive cases in a 9 month period) suggests access to an enormous data base of vascular surgery practice against which community standards may be measured.