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ArticleCraniomaxillofacial trauma & reconstruction2025

Training of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Residents in Virtual Surgical Planning: A Feasibility Study Comparing Open-Source Freeware and Commercially Available Software for Mandibular Reconstruction with Fibula Free Flap.

Bert Rombaut, Matthias Ureel, Benjamin Van der Smissen, Nicolas Dhooghe, Renaat Coopman

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Article in Craniomaxillofacial trauma & reconstruction, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Bert RombautDepartment of Oral and Craniomaxillofacial Surgery, Ghent University Hospital, Corneel Heymanslaan 10, 9000 Ghent, Belgium; bert.rombaut@skynet.be (B.R.); renaat.coopman@uzgent.be (R.C.).
Matthias UreelDepartment of Oral and Craniomaxillofacial Surgery, Ghent University Hospital, Corneel Heymanslaan 10, 9000 Ghent, Belgium; bert.rombaut@skynet.be (B.R.); renaat.coopman@uzgent.be (R.C.).ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4094-7384
Benjamin Van der SmissenDepartment of Health Technology, Vives University, Doorniksesteenweg 145, 8500 Kortrijk, Belgium; benjamin.vandersmissen@vives.be.
Nicolas DhoogheDepartment of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Ghent University Hospital, 9000 Ghent, Belgium; nicolas.dhooghe@uzgent.be.
Renaat CoopmanDepartment of Oral and Craniomaxillofacial Surgery, Ghent University Hospital, Corneel Heymanslaan 10, 9000 Ghent, Belgium; bert.rombaut@skynet.be (B.R.); renaat.coopman@uzgent.be (R.C.).ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0580-9074

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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educationgraduate (MESH)mandibular reconstructionmedicalopen-source freewarevirtual surgical planning

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PMID40271475
PMCPMC11995818

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