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Table 5 Correlation between the size of the Schneiderian membrane perforations and the failure rate of the implants placed below perforated membranes

From: Management of Schneiderian membrane perforations during maxillary sinus floor augmentation with lateral approach in relation to subsequent implant survival rates: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Author/year

Perforation size (in mm)

Implant failure rate (in perforated membranes)

Management of Schneiderian membrane perforations

Park et al. [4]

<5

5-10

>10

0% (0 de 44) (not specified where each implant was inserted)

Clot formation

Beck-Broichsitter et al. [47]

<5

>5

1,09% (1 de 92) (not specified the size of the perforations where the implant fails)

<5 mm: collagen membrane or fibrin glue or clot.

>5 mm: suturing + collagen membrane

Ferreira et al. [16]

<5

5-10

>10

2.3% (6 de 266)

2.7% (4 de 150)

4.7% (5 de 107)

Collagen membrane + reabsorbable suture for all perforations

Öncü E et al. [19]

<10

0% (0 de 15)

PRF (<10 mm ⍉)

Froum et al. [48]

<10

0% (0 de 35)

Resorbable collagen membrane (<10 mm ⍉)

Oh E et al. [49]

5-10

3% (4 de 134)

Resorbable hemostatic agente Surgicel© (small-moderate perforations)

Hernández-Alfaro et al. [50]

<5

5-10

>10

2,86% (4 de 140)

8,11% (6 de 74)

25,14% (15 de 58)

0-5⍉—Collagen membrane or (please add "r") suturing

5-10⍉—Collagen membrane + laminar bone

>10 ⍉—Laminar bone, buccal fat pad, mandibular bone block