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    Self-Assessment of Orthopedic and Trauma Surgeon’s Attitude, Skills and Practice to wards Extremity Vascular Injury Management in Ethiopia: A National Survey (2024
    (Addis Ababa University, 2024) Mehariw Zena; Bezawit Teferi
    INTRODUCTION: Traumatic vascular injuries of the extremities are a major challenge, especially in third-world countries. Orthopedic and trauma surgeons are usually consulted to evaluate and manage orthopedic-related vascular injuries. this study aims to assess orthopedic and trauma surgeons’ attitudes, skills, and practice toward extremity vascular injury management in Ethiopia: A national survey. METHOD: a nationwide cross-sectional survey study was conducted from June 1 to August 30, 2024, in Ethiopia, all over the country with self-administered questionnaires prepared with Google form. Data were analyzed using SPSS version 27, using descriptive statistics. RESULT: In this study, according to 84 participant responses 45.2% cannot perform any vascular intervention, 23.8% can perform vascular procedures with help from a general surgeon and 18.6% can perform some basic vascular repair by themselves. Among those who try to treat by themselves,14 (87 %) end-to-end anastomosis, 5(31.2%) interposition grafting, and thrombectomy 2(12.2 %) are skills that are identified. Ninety-nine percent of the participants strongly agree vascular training is necessary for orthopedic and trauma surgeons and 89.3% agreed it should be given during residency. CONCLUSION: In this research, we found that most orthopedic and trauma surgeons’ skills and practice toward orthopedic-related extremity vascular injury management were very low which is necessary for trauma patient care and their subsequent outcome. On the contrary, almost all participants had a strong attitude toward the necessity of those skills and practice. Keywords: Trauma, Vascular injuries, Extremities, Developing countries