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ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2026

External Fixation for War-Related Mandibular Fractures in a Resource-Limited Setting: A Retrospective Study of 91 Patients.

Franck Masumbuko Mukamba, Liévin Muhindo, Marie-Hélène Bisimwa, Paul Budema, Fabrice Cikomola, Georges Kuyigwa, Olivier Cornu, Gregory Reychler, Hervé Reychler, Raphael Olszewski

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Article in Journal of clinical medicine, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Franck Masumbuko MukambaSurgery Department, Hôpital Provincial Général de Référence de Bukavu, Université Catholique de Bukavu, Bukavu 285, Congo.ORCID 0009-0004-0601-7089
Liévin MuhindoSurgery Department, Hôpital Provincial Général de Référence de Bukavu, Université Catholique de Bukavu, Bukavu 285, Congo.
Marie-Hélène BisimwaSurgery Department, Hôpital Provincial Général de Référence de Bukavu, Université Catholique de Bukavu, Bukavu 285, Congo.
Paul BudemaSurgery Department, Hôpital Provincial Général de Référence de Bukavu, Université Catholique de Bukavu, Bukavu 285, Congo.
Fabrice CikomolaSurgery Department, Hôpital Provincial Général de Référence de Bukavu, Université Catholique de Bukavu, Bukavu 285, Congo.
Georges KuyigwaSurgery Department, Hôpital Provincial Général de Référence de Bukavu, Université Catholique de Bukavu, Bukavu 285, Congo.
Olivier CornuDivision of Orthopedics and Musculoskeletal Trauma, Cliniques Universitaires Saint Luc, Université Catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain), 1200 Brussels, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0003-3033-7408
Gregory ReychlerService de Kinésithérapie et Ergothérapie, Institut de Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique (IREC), Cliniques Universitaires Saint Luc, Université Catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain), 1200 Brussels, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-7674-1150
Hervé ReychlerDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Cliniques Universitaires Saint Luc, Université Catholique de Louvain, 1200 Brussels, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-5665-4340
Raphael OlszewskiOral and Maxillofacial Surgery Lab (OMFS Lab), Neuro Musculo Skeletal Lab (NMSK), Institut de Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique (IREC), Université Catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain), 1200 Brussels, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-2211-7731

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external fixationmandibular fractureoutcome and complicationswar-related injury

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PMCPMC12841835

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