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Alexandros Psarris, Michael Syndos, George Daskalakis, Dimitrios Loutradis

Artificial intelligence (AI) is the ability of a machine (a computer for instance) to think like a human.  More specifically, the use of complex algorithms enables computers to reason, solve problems and make decisions. The core aspects of AI are machine learning, natural language processing, convolutional neural networks and computer vision. Utilizing AI technologies in medicine to assist physicians with diagnostic and therapeutic dilemmas is very promising.

Posted in 2020 Volume 19 – Issue 2

Loutradis Dimitris

1st Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology School of Medicine National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

Environmental pollution became a matter of significant concern during the last decades. Dietary consumption of natural and chemical pollutants is considered to be primarily regulated by drinking water. Recently, the United States Environmental Protection Agency performed more than 20 million tap water tests in 45 states and revealed that it may be contaminated by more than 200 unregulated chemicals. Nitrate is an important inorganic compound that is considered to be one of the most frequent groundwater pollutants in inhabited areas …

Posted in 2020 Volume 19 – Issue 1

Maria Papamichail, Panos Antsaklis, Marianna Theodora, Michael Syndos, George Daskalakis, Dimitrios Loutradis

Labour has high importance for every woman’s life but also is the moment when many complications might appear increasing significantly morbidity and mortality. Therefore obstetricians have to help women in labour to give birth to their babies naturally, with the highest satisfaction possible. Western standards suggest that women should experience their partirution in the lithotomy or the supine position. However, upright positions have the potential to reduce second stage of labour and to improve neonatal outcomes …

Posted in 2020 Volume 19 – Issue 1

Panos Antsaklis, Maria Papamichail, Marianna Theodora, Michael Syndos, George Daskalakis, Dimitris Loutradis

As women experience their partirution in health care facilities, they expect the best possible outcomes for them and their newborn, as interventions are supposed to be made accurately. Women in labour, are often directed to push as soon as the cervix reaches full dilation but this technique contradicts normal physiology. In contrast, when a woman is free to follow her instincts, by making spontaneous bearing down efforts, the time spending for pushing might be decreased and also urodynamic parameters after delivery are improved …

Posted in 2020 Volume 19 – Issue 1

Aris Giannos, Sofoklis Stavros, Ioannis Thanopoulos, Emmanouil Stamatakis, Konstantinos Dimitrakakis, Peter Drakakis, Dimitrios Loutradis

The purpose of the present article is to present a case of a 64-year old woman that underwent mastectomy and presented with severe pain and palpable nodes on the mastectomy scar 2 years following the operation. Excision of the mastectomy scar and histological evaluation revealed nerve branches that were in contact with the muscular tissue and that resided between the fibrous and adipose tissue. Following the second procedure the pain was alleviated …

Posted in 2020 Volume 19 – Issue 1

Loutradis Dimitris

The exploitation of pharmaceutical innovation has resulted in a 15 – 24% reduction in mortality from malignant diseases worldwide, helping to save resources and ensure productivity by reducing hospitalizations and lost working days. There are currently a large number of new drugs under development aiming at some of the most serious health problems, and the crucial question that arises is: will the patients and the health system in Greece be able to benefit from this huge stream of innovation …

Posted in 2019 Volume 18 – Issue 4