Bypass procedures also showed a decreasing trend, from 54 cases (25.4%) in 2018 to 41 cases (19.7%) in 2019, while endovascular treatment increased from 63 cases (29.6%) in 2018 to 92 cases (45.1%) in 2019. 4) Vena cava reconstruction ( Table 7-4 ) The ratio of inferior vena cava reconstruction to superior vena cava reconstruction was similar to that of the previous year, although the number of vena cava surgeries was 50, which was slightly lower than that of the previous year.
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EVAR was performed in 762 cases (43.8%), and although there was an increasing trend, the proportion of EVAR for ruptured cases was similar to that in 2018 (35.9% in 2016, 37.9% in 2017, and 43.3% in 2018) ( Fig. 1 ).