Ioannis Tsakiridis, Georgios Kapetanios, Kyriaki Chatzilazarou, Georgios Michos, Apostolos Mamopoulos, Apostolos Athanasiadis, Themistoklis Dagklis
Introduction: Twin pregnancies are associated with several pregnancy complications often necessitating admission for close surveillance. The present study aimed to investigate the burden imposed by twin pregnancies on a high-risk pregnancy unit (HRPU) of a tertiary hospital …
Olha Proshchenko, Dmytro Govsieiev, Serhiy Vasyliuk, Artem Mykytyuk, Oksana Ostrovska, Mariana Rymarchuk, Pavlo Prudnikov
The Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS), or Fast Track Surgery, aims to minimise the physiological stress of surgery and optimise patient rehabilitation. However, data on surgical interventions in obstetrics and gynaecology are limited. The aim of the study was to analyse the use of elements of the ERAS programme …
Konstantina Papadatou, Eleftherios Zachariou, Vasilios Pergialiotis, George Daskalakis
Nowadays, infertility affects approximately 8-12% of the population. Μultiple causative factors are leading to the failure of subfertile couples to achieve a normal pregnancy, as well as various types of assisted reproductive techniques that have developed globally in order to confront infertility. Over the past few years, especially after the birth of the world’s first baby to be conceived by In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) …
Zacharias N Fasoulakis, Georgios Galazios, Vasileios Liberis, Emmanuel N Kontomanolis
Measles virus is a member of the family Paramyxoviridae that causes an epidemic disease with worldwide distribution, with the main symptom of this systematic disease being a prodrome of fever and a pathognomonic enanthema (Koplik spots), followed by a maculopapular rash. The rash usually appears about 14 days after the patient’s exposure and even though vaccination has led the virus to be limited to preschool children and young adults, measles infection can cause severe and even fatal complications in adults, pregnant women and immunocomprised patients…
Mantakas Xenofon, Sofoudis Chrisostomos, Koumousidis Antonios, Sinha Prabha
The purpose of this study is the review of the literature regarding the placental damage after exposure to heavy metals. The role of the feto-placental unit is particularly important during pregnancy and replaces the function of the not fully formed organs of the fetus, like the lungs, kidneys, the gastrointestinal and the endocrine system. Moreover, it protects the fetus from …
Katsakos I, Karpeta M, Paraskevaidis C, Papadis P, Paparistidis N
The following review examines the current role and complication rates of total laparoscopic hysterectomy (TLH), which is a hysterectomy completed entirely laparoscopically. Recent advances in equipment, surgical techniques and training have established total laparoscopic hysterectomy as a well tolerated and efficient technique. It is increasingly being adopted around the world …