Browsing by Author "Adula Surafel"

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    A Cross-Sectional Descriptive Study on Knowledge, Attitude and Perception of oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Specialty among Healthcare Professionals in Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
    (Addis Ababa University, 2023-09) Tibebu Hiwot ; Negussie Samson ; Adula Surafel
    Background: Oral and maxillofacial surgery evolves around the head and neck region, and acts as a connecting bridge between medical and dental specialties. In many health services communities, the scope of oral and maxillofacial surgery (OMFS) as a discipline is frequently not probably understood. Good awareness of OMFS among different branches of health service providers is essential for better referral strategies and will be for the benefit of the patient. Objective: The main objective of this study is to assess the knowledge, attitude and perception of oral and maxillofacial surgery specialty among healthcare professionals at TikurAnbessa Specialized Hospital in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Method: A descriptive cross-sectional study design and a convenient sampling method isused. Self-administered questionnaires were prepared and filled out by the healthcare professionals. Descriptive statistics such as demographic data, knowledge, attitude and perception of study participants from their responses of the questionnaire were recorded and analyzed using SPSS version 25 software. Time frame: The study was conducted from December, 2022 to July, 2023. Result: A total of 125 healthcare professionals were participated in this study. Out of which, 75 were males and 50 were females. Most of participants were in the age range between 20 and 30 years. And, most of them have been in clinical practice in a range of 2 to 5 years. Regarding knowledge and attitude of healthcare professionals, the result of this study showed that 76 (60.8%) have poor knowledge and 49 (39.2) have good knowledge. Similarly, most participants have poor attitude towards oral and maxillofacial surgery specialty which accounts for about 79 (63.2%) of participants and 46 (36.8) of them have good attitude. On the contrary, the perception of healthcare professionals towards the level of oral and maxillofacial surgery service given in TikurAnbessa specialized hospital is good in majority of them (76, 60.8%) and the rest 49 (39.2%) participants have poor perception. Conclusion: The study concluded that there is poor knowledge and attitude of oral andmaxillofacial surgery specialty among study participants. i Keywords: Oral and maxillofacial surgery, knowledge, attitude, perception, healthcare professionals
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    Pattern of Major Maxillofacial Surgeries at Addis Ababa University Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery Affiliate Hospitals: 3 Years Retrospective Analysis.
    (Addis Abeba University, 2020-08) Adula Surafel; Dana Demerew
    Background: Oral and maxillofacial (OMF) region is an area that is prone to multitude of disease conditions which may be of developmental nature or acquired nature which require surgical intervention in many occasions. Objectives: To describe the indications, pattern and types of major oral and maxillofacial surgical procedures carried out at Addis Ababa university Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery (OMFS) affiliate Hospitals (Yekatit 12 Hospital Medical College and St.Peters Specialized Hospital) in a period of 3 years from January 2017 to December2019. Methods: A retrospective study of operation records of all patients who had undergone oral and maxillofacial surgeries under general anaesthesia at Yekatit 12 Hospital Medical College and St.Peters Specialized Hospital in a period of 3 years from January 2017 to December 2019 was done. Descriptive statistics such as bio data, indication for surgery and type of surgery were recorded and analyzed using the Epi info version 7 software. Time frame: The study was conducted from November 2019 to August 2020. Result: A total of 689 patients with oral and maxillofacial conditions were managed during the study period. The male to female ratio was 2.48:1, and the mean age of patients was 29.05 years with standard deviation of ±15.5.The predominant indications for surgery were traumatic conditions (50.71%, n=354), followed by neoplastic(benign and malignant)conditions (18.7%, n=129), and tumorlike /cystic conditions (16.5%, n=115). Open reduction and internal fixation the most common (43.7%,n=313) surgical procedure performed under general anaesthesia. Conclusion: The field of Oral and Maxillofacial surgery in our climes is a relatively new one, however, it is evolving and its relevance is growing. With the observed relatively high frequency of traumatic conditions, especially among younger populations, efforts geared at prevention and adequate preparedness for proper surgical management of such patients should be commenced. Key words: oral and maxillofacial surgery, patterns, trends
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    Prevalence and Pattern of Jaw Cysts among Patients who Visited Maxillofacial Surgery Department from January 2018 to January 2020, Retrospective Analysis.
    (Addis Ababa University, 2022-07) Getahun Etsegenet; Dejene Demerew ; Adula Surafel
    Cysts are pathologic cavity within the hard and soft tissue which may contain fluid, semi fluid or gaseous material either lined by an epithelium, fibrous tissue or neoplastic tissue involving the bone and soft tissue. It occurs more in the jaw bones commonly due to the presence of numerous rests of odontogenic epithelium that remain after tooth development (1). Epithelial intraoseaous cysts can either be odontogenic or nonodontogenic. Odontogenic cysts are cysts that arise from tooth germ apparatus. Nonodontogenic cysts are cysts that arise from the epithelial remnants of embryonic structures(2). Depending on the type of cystic lesion whether odontogenic or nonodontogenic their distribution seems to vary according to different age groups as well as sex distributions(8,9). Some even seem to show preference to specific anatomic sites and demographics differences (2,11). Methodology: Cross sectional retrospective study were conducted on patients report cards from patients who visited the oral and maxillo facial surgery outpatient department(OPD) in both black lion hospital & dental center at Addiss Abeba University college of health science, whom were registered from January 2018 up to January 2020. All the data from the charts with a diagnosis of odontogenic and nonodontogenic cysts who fulfilled the criteria were used in the study. Data's regarding demography, duration, cystic type, anatomic location and specific cystic diagnosed and intervention were reviewed from the chart. Result: From a total of 70 cases 59(84.3%) were Odontogenic cyst and 11(15.7%) were non odontogenic, in which 38(54.3%) were females and 32(45.7%) were males, with a female to male ration off 1.19.The mean and median ages were 30.01 and 26 respectively (SD=13.844). Among this 51(72.9%) were Periapical cysts, 4(5.7%) were Dentigerous cysts. The most prevalent remaining Nonodontogenic cyst were Nasolabial, Nasopalatine cysts, Lateral periodontal and Residual cysts. The commonest age groups were the first and second decades of life. The location of this cysts were mostly in Anterior maxilla 49(70%). Conclusion: Odontogenic cysts were the most frequent lesion of the jaw that was in this study. Females were more commonly affected. Periapical cyst followed by Dentigerous cyst were the most common inflammatory and developmental odontogenic cysts respectively.