Drakakis Peter, Tzouma Christina, Dalkalitsis Alexander, Calis Karim, Kalantaridou Sophia
Primary ovarian insufficiency (POI) is a condition characterized by sex-steroid deficiency, amenorrhea, infertility, and elevated gonadotropins in women younger than 40 years of age. Most affected women produce estrogen intermittently and may ovulate despite the presence of high gonadotropin concentrations. POI is a heterogeneous disorder and may occur as a result …
Vrachnis Nikolaos, Zygouris Dimitrios, Lolos Markos, Dimitrakaki Alexandra, Salakos Nikolaos
Abortion is a very common procedure among women of reproductive age. Medical abortion is an alternative to surgical evacuation, especially in the early first trimester. Following the introduction of mifepristone, the number of medical abortions has rapidly increased. Mifepristone is used at doses of either 600mg or 200mg in combination with misoprostol and is regarded as a safe…
Daniilidis Angelos, Panteleris Nikolaos, Stamkopoulou Anthoula, Carcea Fausto, Kogeorgos Stylianos, Besharat Alexander, Asimakopoulos Efstratios
Introduction: Postmenopausal bleeding (PMB) is defined as bleeding from the genital track one year after the cessation of menses. About 1 in 10 women with postmenopausal bleeding will be diagnosed with malignancy. Case presentation: A 62 year old female patient who presented to the gynecological clinic with two incidents of vaginal bleeding in the last 60 days. The gynecological examination …
Dimitris Loutradis
The ancient issue of pelvic organ prolapse appears to be the price of childbearing. The Egyptians had described “a woman whose belly and branching …
Athanasios Douskos, Eleni Pitsouni, Themos Grigoriadis, Stavros Athanasiou
Pelvic organ prolapse (POP) is a common condition presenting in up to 50% of women depending on age, parity, body mass index, pelvic floor muscle strength and underlying diseases. The symptomatic POP usually presents at 3-10% of women, when the descent organ is at or beyond the level of hymen. Currently, guidelines for the best surgical treatment …
Angelos Daniilidis, Dimitrios Balaouras, Dimitrios Chitzios, Nikolaos Vrachnis, Christiana Zafeirati, Efstratios Asimakopoulos
Worldwide, attention over iron deficiency anemia (IDA) in pregnancy has been recently shifted towards supplementation during pregnancy and ensuring that women, especially adolescents have adequate iron stores prior to conception. Many researchers claim that adolescent or adult women still need supplements during pregnancy in order to avoid IDA, even if iron stores …
Georgios Androutsopoulos, Ioannis C. Kotsopoulos, Porfyrios Korompelis, Georgios Michail, Georgios Adonakis, Georgios Decavalas
Endometrial cancer represents a common malignancy of the female reproductive system and systematic surgical staging is the primary therapeutic approach, as offers many advantages in diagnosis, treatment and prognosis. Pelvic and para-aortic lymphadenectomy remains an integral part of the primary surgical therapeutic approach of endometrial cancer and provides substantial …
Vasilios Pergialiotis, Anastasia Prodromidou, Alexandros Sotiriadis, Nikolaos Papantoniou
Background: To date, predictive markers of preeclampsia have not been established in the field of prenatal care. The Soluble fms-like tyrosine kinase-1/Platelet Growth Factor (sFlt-1/PlGF) ratio has been extensively studied in the literature and seems to be promising. However, consensus regarding its efficacy is lacking. Objective: The purpose of the present meta-analysis is to evaluate the …
Serafeim Pousias, Vasiliki Thanopoulou, Lazaros Pantelidis, Vasileios Koukloumperis, Dimitrios Koutsogiann
Heterotopic pregnancy is defined as the coexistence of intrauterine and ectopic pregnancy, each one of which might be single or multiple. The incidence is approximately 1: 30,000 pregnancies and most of the times the diagnosis is set after the occurrence of symptoms. In the following article is reported the case of a 33-year old patient presented at the emergency room, with acute …
Thanasas I
Asymptomatic bacteriuria is common in pregnancy. History of urinary tract infection is the main predisposing factor and Escherichia coli is the most common pathogen. The diagnosis of asymptomatic bacteriuria is confirmed by the isolation of the causative bacteria in the culture of urine. The absence of clinical manifestations requires the implementation of urine culture to all pregnant …