Table 4.

Factors contributing to vascular care item non-availability (%) in Ghana.

	Equipment absence	Broken	Personnel shortage	Lack of training	Lack of supplies	User fees necessary
Duplex ultrasonography	3	5		92
CT scan	95		3			2
Angiography	95	5
Basic general surgery*	3		5	28
Major general surgery†	8		5	48	3
Vascular repair or anastomosis	32			68
Vascular graft	100
Skin grafting	60	13		24		3
Prosthetics for amputees	90					10

CT – computed tomography;

^*Basic surgery – wound debridement, digital amputation;

^†Major surgery – neck exploration, exploratory laparotomy, major amputation; Contributing factors were not considered mutually exclusive except when items had never been present at a facility. Therefore, some totals sum to more than 100%.