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hls-11304	Houben, Christoph H.; Campbell, Lundy; Chiok Stephen Kuol , Chuol	Fracture of the mandible treatment in a child: a simplified technique	2023	2	.pdf	application/pdf	1786	98	61	Introduction Mandibular fractures were first reported in ancient Egypt in 1650 BC, albeit the author did not recommend a therapy because of the advanced soft tissue infec- tion surrounding the fracture site.1 Currently, in African countries mandibular fractures are mostly the result of motor vehicle accidents and interpersonal vio- lence.2,3 Assault dominates the cause of mandibular fractures in urban centers of the USA.4 Falls and sports accidents are also major contributors to mandibular fractures in children.5 Pediatric maxillofacial frac- tures are seen in less than 15% of facial fractures as a result of anatomical and developmental factors.6 [Healthcare in Low-resource Settings 2023; 11:11304] thermore, children have a higher cancellous to cortical bone proportion and thicker over- lying soft tissue/fat in comparison to adults.11,12 Finally, the large head of a child protects the face, e.g., the cranium-to-face ratio is 4 to 1 in a five-year-old decreasing to 2.5 to 1 in an adult.6 Whilst concerns for the developing mandible and the odontogenesis favor a conservative approach to the management of mandibular fractures, we had to resort to an open reduction because of the displaced nature of the fracture of the mandibular body [type III].11 In the absence of intermaxillary fixation devices and equipment (plates) for an open reduction internal fixation lacking, we chose to fix the fracture with sutures in these limited resources setting.	cache/hls-11304.pdf	txt/hls-11304.txt