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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Theoni Kanellopoulou
Ovarian vein thrombosis (OVT) is a rare type of venous thromboembolism most common diagnosed in the postpartum period and peaking around 2-6 days after delivery. Clinical symptoms are not specific including fever and abdominal pain and the right ovarian vein is more frequently involved (70-80% of cases). The diagnosis …
Charilaos Ioannidis
Introduction: Resection of benign, premalignant or malignant lesions of the perineum result in tissue defects, which are preferably reconstructed with a flap rather than closed primarily or covered with a skin graft. Numerous skin flaps have been utilized with varying success …