Leveraging Multicenter Databases to Improve Care in Pediatric Vascular Surgery

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• Pediatric vascular conditions are rare and heterogeneous, making standardized treatment protocols difficult to establish.
• Variability in training and patient presentation leads to inconsistent, ad hoc clinical approaches across institutions.
• Current practice relies heavily on anecdotal evidence due to lack of multicenter data and evidence-based guidelines.
• Single-institution studies have limited power to inform best practices in this low-volume specialty.
• Multicenter databases are essential to generate robust evidence for pediatric vascular surgery decision-making.

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