title: The effects of sinus membrane pathology on bone augmentation and procedural outcome using minimal invasive antral membrane balloon elevation.
abstract: Membrane pathology tends to complicate the postprocedural course of open sinus lift by ostio-meatal complex (OMC) obstruction and consequent acute sinusitis. The objective of this study was to evaluate the outcome of subjects with considerable sinus membrane pathology undergoing maxillary sinus floor augmentation and simultaneous implant placement using the minimal invasive antral membrane balloon elevation (MIAMBE) method. This study was a retrospective chart review of MIAMBE procedures performed in the presence of significant sinus membrane pathology. Sixteen patients with maxillary sinus membrane thickening in well-ventilated OMC as determined by dental computerized tomography underwent sinus augmentation and simultaneous implant placement using the MIAMBE technique. All 16 procedures were successfully concluded without significant procedural or postprocedural complications or implant failure. Post MIAMBE membrane pathology regressed or disappeared in 8 patients (50%) or remained unchanged in 6 patients (37.5%), while in 2 patients the sinus membrane pathology was limited to evaluation by periapical X rays. Sinus augmentation using the MIAMBE technique can be performed safely in asymptomatic patients in the presence of sinus membrane pathology if the OMC is not obstructed. In a significant proportion of these cases, complete resolution of the membrane pathology after MIAMBE is observed. When compared to open sinus lift, OMC obstruction is less likely to occur when employing the MIAMBE method.
authors.affiliation: 1  Dental clinic, Petah-Tikvah, Israel.
authors.forename: Efraim
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kfir
authors.forename: Moshe
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Goldstein
authors.forename: Itzhak
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Abramovitz
authors.forename: Vered
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Kfir
authors.forename: Ziv
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Mazor
authors.forename: Edo
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kaluski
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D058070:Asymptomatic Diseases; D016025:Bone Transplantation / Q000379:methods; D002404:Catheterization / Q000379:methods; D003758:Dental Implantation, Endosseous / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008443:Maxillary Sinus / Q000473:pathology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010027:Osteotomy / Q000379:methods; D010254:Paranasal Sinus Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D059546:Sinus Floor Augmentation / Q000379:methods*; D013524:Surgical Flaps / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: MIAMBE; bone augmentation; implants; maxillary sinus; maxillary sinus lift; membrane pathology; ostio-meatal complex; polyps; sinusitis