Asymptomatic bacteriuria in pregnant Nigerian women at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, south west Nigeria

Oluwole Ayodeji A., Ugwu Aloy Okechukwu, Omisakin Sunday I., Akinajo Rebecca Opeyemi

Background: Dipstick urinalysis is a handy and cost effective method for the early detection of asymptomatic bacteriuria. Asymptomatic bacteriuria occurs in 2-10% of pregnancies and has been associated with low birth weight and preterm delivery in pregnant women if untreated …

Posted in 2023 Volume 22 – Issue 1 Tagged , ,

Cesarean section rates in each region of Greece: A retrospective analysis

Athanasios Kontopanos, Ioannis Tsakiridis, Themistoklis Dagklis, Eirini Boureka, Apostolos Mamopoulos, Apostolos Athanasiadis

Introduction: There is a national trend in increasing cesarean section rates in Greece. The purpose of this study was to determine the frequency of cesarean sections per district of the Greek territory …

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Euglycaemic ketoacidosis during pregnancy: More common than you think

I. Sapantzoglou, A. Psarris, P. Perros, A. Varthaliti, P. Antsaklis, M. Theodora, M. Syndos, G. Daskalakis

Background: Euglycaemic ketoacidosis is a rare type of metabolic acidosis, with increased production of ketonic bodies and normal serum glucose. When it occurs during pregnancy, it might lead to adverse maternal and fetal outcomes. Pregnancy itself is a diabetogenic state that might predispose the patient to develop ketoacidosis following even relatively short periods of starvation and as such …

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Editorial

Dimitris Loutradis

Cancer is a major health problem that accounts for 23% of all deaths.  Of the approximately 500,000 new gynecologic cases each year in a worldwide setting, more women are living and necessarily coping with stressors related to the cancer that may become chronic. Vulvar cancer represents one of the most stresfull forms of gynecological cancer as surgery results in mutilation of outer genital organs …

Posted in 2022 Volume 21 – Issue 4

Revisiting the effectiveness of a forgotten technique: the value of blue dye on sentinel lymph node biopsies of gynecological cancer

Vasilios Pergialiotis, Ioanna Koutroumpa, Dimitrios Haidopoulos, George Daskalakis, Alexandros Rodolakis, Nikolaos Thomakos, Dimitrios Loutradis

Sentinel lymph node biopsy with blue dye has been used extensively in the past for the evaluation of patients with gynecological cancer. While the technique has been negatively criticized as inaccurate in detecting an appropriate number of lymph nodes bilaterally, novel studies seem to suggest an acceptable detection rate that is directly attributed to the number of cases performed as well as the type of dye that is used. Taking into consideration …

Posted in 2022 Volume 21 – Issue 4

Adverse pregnancy outcomes in twins and their association with the conception method

Angeliki Rouvali, Ioakeim Sapantzoglou, Sofoklis Stavros, Panagiotis Antsaklis, Marianna Theodora, Georgios Daskalakis

The development and improvements of assisted reproductive technology (ART) has given the opportunity of conception to a large proportion of subfertile women and, at the same time, has led to a substantial increase of multiple pregnancies, an increase, that according to current literature, ranges …

Posted in 2022 Volume 21 – Issue 4

Laparoscopic surgery for clear cell endometrial carcinoma, is it a realistic approach?

Eleftherios Zachariou, Vasilios Pergialiotis, Evangelos Iliopoulos, Dimitrios Haidopoulos

Clear cell endometrial carcinoma is an aggressive form of endometrial cancer that has a poor prognosis for survival. Over the past ten years, laparoscopic surgery has replaced open surgery as the preferred method of treating early-stage endometrial cancer. However, its effect on the prognosis of patients with clear cell carcinoma is still …

Posted in 2022 Volume 21 – Issue 4

Risk Factors for Intrauterine Deaths in The Third Trimester of Pregnancy. A holistic approach of case series and literature review

Sofoklis Stavros, Eleni Papamattheou, Styliani Preka, Despoina Mavrogianni, Ekaterini Domali, Peter Drakakis

Objectives: There is a plethora of references in the international bibliography regarding correlation of various risk factors and intrauterine death in the third trimester, such as gestational diabetes mellitus, preeclampsia, endometrial infections as well as endometrial growth restriction. The purpose of the present study is to analyze demographic and socio-economic factors to draw conclusions on improving health services for pregnant …

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