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- Title
Treatment of Sinusitis Following Dental Implantation: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
- Authors
Allevi, Fabiana; Fadda, Gian Luca; Rosso, Cecilia; Martino, Federica; Pipolo, Carlotta; Cavallo, Giovanni; Felisati, Giovanni; Saibene, Alberto Maria
- Abstract
Background: Implantological procedures aimed at rehabilitating upper jaw edentulous patients (dental implant placement and/or maxillary sinus grafting) can sporadically result in sinusitis. In these patients, endoscopic sinus surgery is the most commonly employed treatment, but clinical scenarios and comprehensive management strategies are extremely heterogeneous across studies. Objective: We sought to systematically define treatment strategies and related success rates for sinusitis following dental implantation, detailing different current treatment choices and concepts. Methods: Adopting a PRISMA–compliant review framework, systematic searches were performed in multiple databases using criteria designed to include all studies published until November 2020 focusing on the treatment of human sinusitis following dental implantation. We selected all original studies, excluding case reports, specifying treatment modalities with objective treatment success definitions. Following duplicate removal, abstract and full-text selection, and quality assessment, we reviewed eligible articles for treatment modalities and success rates, which were pooled in a random-effects meta-analysis. Results: Among 581 unique citations, eight studies (181 patients) were selected. Seven studies were retrospective case series. All studies relied on endoscopic sinus surgery, often coupled with intraoral accesses, and assessed therapeutic success endoscopically. The pooled treatment success rate was 94.7% (95% confidence interval, 91.5%–98%). Failures were treated in seven of 15 cases with further antibiotic therapies and in another seven cases with surgical revision. A single patient was lost to follow-up. Conclusions: Endoscopic sinus surgery appears to be the most frequent treatment of choice for sinusitis following dental implantation, with excellent success rates. The protean clinical picture drawn from the selected studies calls for the standardization of diagnostics and definitions in this field to enable direct comparisons between the results of different studies. The role of postoperative antibiotic therapies, which have been employed unevenly across studies, should also be prospectively investigated.
- Subjects
DENTAL implants; ENDOSCOPIC surgery; MAXILLARY sinus diseases; SINUSITIS; SINUS augmentation; REOPERATION; EDENTULOUS mouth; MAXILLARY sinus
- Publication
American Journal of Rhinology & Allergy, 2022, Vol 36, Issue 4, p539
- ISSN
1945-8924
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/19458924221084484