Tampakoudis P, Tampakoudis G, Bondis J
Preterm labor: A therapeutic challenge
Breast cancer in pregnancy
Pregnancy after 40 years: Is it high risk ?
Drizis E, Prapas N, Papanikolaou A, Makedos A, Chrisohoidis C, Makedos G
Aim: To investigate the outcome of pregnancy in women over 40 years. Materials and methods: Retrospective study of the years 1994-2002. Pregnant women over 40 years of age were matched with a control group of women 20-29 years old, regarding previous history of infertility, gestational age at birth, birth weight, mode of delivery, and complications in pregnancy …
The use of etomidate and propofol for short-term anesthesia in obstetrics and gynecology
Chalkias H, Κaragiannis V, Karastergiou P, Spinou S, Yasnetsova T, Petropoulos P, Katsanikos S, Mamopoulos M
Comparative study of levobupivacaine and ropivacaine in epidural anesthesia during cesarean section
Chalkias H, Κaragiannis V, Kapelonis V, Palapelas V>, Mamopoulos A, Karastergiou P, Spinou S, Yasnetsova T, Mamopoulos M
Oophorectomy during hysterectomy: The antilogue
Papanikolaou A
Αt least 50% of women above 40 years old undergo oophorectomy at the course of hysterectomy for benign indications, because ovaries are easy to excise. Opinions that women at 40 years are close to menopause and that ovaries fail after hysterectomy do not appear to be correct. Post-menopausal ovaries are the main source of testosterone in the body, the function of which is poorly understood …
Hysteroscopy or curettage for the diagnosis of endometrial cancer?
Fetal asphyxia
Εvaluation of triple biochemical test in prenatal screening for chromosomal abnormalities
Rizos D, Hassiakos D, Botsis D, Kassanos D, Kolovos B, Sarandakou A, Salamalekis E, Creatsas G
The aim of this study was to present the results of prenatal screening for chromosomal abnormalities with the triple biochemical test in the second department of obstetrics and gynecology at Aretaieio hospital during an eight years period. In our hospital, the triple biochemical test (chorionic gonadotropin, alpha-fetoprotein and unconjugated estriol) in the second …
Epidemiology of malignant neoplasms of cervix uteri in Greece
Determining strategy of the non-invasive prenatal screening for chromosomal defects
Xiromeritis PN, Tsapanos VS
The need to reduce the rate of invasive screening (chorionic villous sampling, amniocentesis), and to detect the high risk pregnancies for chromosomal anomalies as early as possible, led to the concept of the sequential non-invasive screening, based on the Bayes theorem. The numerous non-invasive screening tests for chromosomal defects, should provide the calculation …