Almaloglou K, Vlachokostas P, Aidonopoulos C
Interstitial pregnancy is a rare condition which occurs in 2-4% of all ectopic pregnancies. We describe a case of an unruptured interstitial pregnancy where the patient failed to respond to the conservative management with methotrexate, attempt for pregnancy termination with dilation and curettage was unsuccessful and finally managed surgical, with cornual incision and removal …
Κatsimanis E, Moros M, Bousoulopoulou E, Chronopoulos K
This retrospective study examined the transferals of neonates from the maternity ward of Argos hospital to a tertiary pediatric intensive care unit . Neonates transferred due to neonatal jaundice or congenital malformations and all neonates born at gestational age of 34 completed weeks or less and/or weighing at delivery 2,000 gr or less were excluded from the study. Over a 4-year period …
Xiromeritis P, Kalogiannidis I, Papanikolaou A
Advanced maternal age and the increasing number of cesarean sections have led to a higher frequency of placenta praevia and/or accreta. Antenatal screening of these pregnancies, using the maternal medical history and the second trimester anatomy ultrasound scan, is necessary. Placenta praevia and/or accreta are responsible for a number of serious feto-maternal complications …
Hudecek R, Ventruba P, Tsompos C, Racanska E, Vavrusova R, Sarmanova J, Novak J
We investigated the potential relation between assisted reproduction technology (ART) and the risk of ovarian carcinoma (OC) by data analysis of our University-based clinical register and National Oncology Register of Czech republic (NOR). Analyzed data included 12,527 assisted reproduction treatment cycles performed at 4,360 patients within years 1982-2004. Among the 4,360 patients …
Vakas P
Significant factors that play an important role in the physiology of the lower urinary tract in women are: the hydrostatic pressure at the level of the bladder neck, the transmission ratio of intraabdominal pressure and the tension of bladder wall. The control of micturition depends not only in the maintenance of low bladder pressure during the storage phase but in the presence …
Liapis A
Women with stress urinary incontinence have the choice between conservative and surgical treatment options. Surgery can be performed in cases where conservative treatment fails or in patients with severe stress urinary incontinence. Surgical procedures usually give fast results but carry the risk of complications. More scientific data with validated outcome measures which take into account …
Kolovos VD
In the current therapies for urinary stress incontinence there are still needs to be met. One of the main issues is to find safe and effective solutions for the management of the stress incontinence, as we still do not have worldwide drugs widely accepted. Drug therapies used outside the indications have not been proven effective and unwanted effects are usually found …
Chilaris GH, Tsoumpis T, Alarkof E, Karkotis K, Daveta A
The role of laparoscopy in the management of abdominopelvic malignancies is constantly evolving. Recebt data from clinical trials demonstrate that laparoscopic surgical staging has equal efficacy (lymph node counts, disease free survival) compared to traditional open cases and can be safely performed in selected patients. We report a case of laparoscopic radical hysterectomy …