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SynthesisMedicina oral, patologia oral y cirugia bucal2023

Stafne's bone defect: a systematic review.

A Soares, L Ferreira, C Calderipe, R Bologna-Molina, M Damian, M Martins, F Silveira, A-C Vasconcelos

Open access · diamondAbstract readSystematic Review
In one paragraph

Synthesis in Medicina oral, patologia oral y cirugia bucal, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 25% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Atypical Stafne bone defect: a systematic review.Clinical oral investigations · 2026
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  6. [Stafne's bone cavity in a venezuelan population. Prevalence study].Revista cientifica odontologica (Universidad Cientifica del Sur)
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

A SoaresCentro de Diagnóstico das Doenças da Boca - CDDB Faculdade de Odontologia, Universidade Federal de Pelotas. CEP: 96015-560. Rua Gonçalves Chaves, 457, sala 607, Pelotas, RS, Brazil carolinauv@gmail.com.
L Ferreira
C Calderipe
R Bologna-Molina
M Damian
M Martins
F Silveira
A-C Vasconcelos
Universidade Federal de Pelotas · BRUniversidad de Montevideo · UYUniversidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul · BR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThis systematic review integrated the available data published in the literature on Stafne's bone defect (SBD), considering the clinical, imaging and histopathological results. MATERIAL AND

methodsAn electronic search was undertaken in six databases. Eligibility criteria were: articles in English, Spanish, and Portuguese describing case reports or case series of SBD, reported up to September/2021. Risk of bias was assessed using the Joanna Briggs Institute tool.

resultsA total of 98 articles were retrieved, involving 465 individuals with SBD and were included for quantitative analysis. Mean age was 52.78 years (range: 11-89 years), with male predilection (n=374/80.85%). Radiographs were the most frequent imagiological exams (n=298/64.09%), followed by computed tomography (n=98/21.08%). SBD was more prevalent in the posterior mandible (n=361/93.77%) as a hypodense radiolucent lesion (n=250/77.40%). Mean size was 1.58 cm (range: 0.3-.8.0 cm). Two-hundred-and-two lesions (97.37%) were unilocular and 126 (91.97%) were classified as well-defined. Clinical symptoms were reported in 73 cases, while 68 cases (93.15%) were asymptomatic. Only 34 cases (12.32%) were submitted to histopathological examination. Mean follow-up time was 26.42 ±25.39 months.

conclusionsSBD is more frequent in male patients in the fifth and sixth decade of life. Classic SBD is radiographically characterized as a single, unilocular and well-defined lesion in the posterior region of the jaw with a radiolucent/hypodense appearance.

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Jaw CystsMandibular DiseasesHumansMaleMandibleMiddle AgedRadiography, PanoramicTomography, X-Ray Computed

Identifiers

PMID36565221
PMCPMC10181032
OpenAlexW4312129158

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