Open AccessFluid Dynamic Transcrestal Sinus Floor Elevation Using a New Surgical Instrument, Flusilift and Hyaluronic Acid as Only Biomaterial: A Case Report
Author(s) -
Alessandro Scarano,
Roberto Luongo,
Mario Rampino,
E Pedullà,
Calogero Bugea
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of biomedical research and environmental sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2766-2276
DOI - 10.37871/jbres1381
Subject(s) - hyaluronic acid , sinus lift , sinus (botany) , perforation , maxillary sinus , medicine , biomedical engineering , surgery , dentistry , anatomy , materials science , biology , botany , metallurgy , punching , genus
Despite validated surgical techniques and the development of biomaterials, the procedures aimed at increasing the maxillary bone volume by sinus floor elevation have complications with various degrees of relevance. The perforation of the Schneiderian membrane is one of the most frequent events while performing the detachment of the membrane and it can increase the risk of iatrogenic sinusitis, impairment of functional homeostasis, dispersion of the graft material in the antral cavity as well as its bacterial colonization with a subsequential failure of the procedure. This report presents a case where transcrestal sinus lift was performed using Flusilift (Sweden & Martina, Due Carrare PD), a new instrument that allows fluid dynamic elevation of the sinus floor using saline solution to detach the Schneider’s membrane in an atraumatic way without using a sinus elevator and obtain an adequate alveolar ridge regeneration using hyaluronic acid in gel formulation to support an implant placement. Hyaluronic acid seems to play a key role in wound healing and contributes to a faster bone neoformation in bone regeneration procedures.