Nikolaos Thomakos

No ORCID on file · 14 papers in corpus · active 2005-2026

Study types

  • review 8
  • article 6

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 9
  • infertility 3
  • mesh:D004715 2
  • adenomyosis 1
  • bowel_endometriosis 1
  • chronic_pelvic_pain 1
  • die_deep_infiltrating 1
article 2026
·doi:10.1016/j.ijgc.2025.103897
review 2025
International journal of molecular sciences ·doi:10.3390/ijms262110381

Ferroptosis is a novel kind of regulated cell death that occurs when redox equilibrium is disrupted, leading to iron-dependent lipid peroxidation. Ferroptosis is defined by the buildup of deleterious lipid hydroperoxides, the inactivation o…

review 2025
Medical sciences (Basel, Switzerland) ·doi:10.3390/medsci13040254

Human infertility represents a multifaceted condition, with oxidative stress (OS) and microRNAs (miRNAs) emerging as key contributors to its pathophysiology. This comprehensive review explores the complex interplay between reactive oxygen s…

review 2025
Current issues in molecular biology ·doi:10.3390/cimb47110956

Endometriosis impairs fertility by interfering with ovarian function, embryonic development, and endometrial receptivity. Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are recognised as non-invasive biomarkers that may indicate biological processes based on…

review 2025
International journal of molecular sciences ·doi:10.3390/ijms262311359

The reduction in oocyte competence and ovarian reserve coincides with reproductive ageing; nevertheless, the molecular mechanisms underlying this phenomenon remain poorly understood. Our testable mechanistic hypothesis is that the oxidative…

review 2022
Cureus ·doi:10.7759/cureus.26222

The presence of ascites is a common clinical presentation in gynecologic oncology patients. Hemorrhagic ascites (HA) due to endometriosis is a rare presentation that can be easily misdiagnosed as ovarian malignancies. The present study aims…

article 2021
·doi:10.1136/ijgc-2021-esgo.291

Introduction/Background* Surgery in gynecological cancer remains one of the primary modalities of treatment . The procedures are now standardized and online video libraries are a source of knowledge and training for young surgeons. This acc…

review 2021
Biomedicines ·doi:10.3390/biomedicines9010054

BACKGROUND: pain is one of the main symptoms of endometriosis and it has a deleterious effect on a patients' personal and social life. To date, the clinical management of pain includes prolonged medication use and, in some cases, surgery, b…

review 2020
Diagnostics ·doi:10.3390/diagnostics11010003

Endometriosis is a common benign gynecological condition defined as the presence of endometrial tissue in tissues outside the uterine cavity. Apart from the common sites of endometriosis, rare sites other have also been reported including t…

review 2020
Chirurgia (Bucharest, Romania : 1990) ·doi:10.21614/chirurgia.115.5.579

BACKGROUND/AIM: Obstructive uropathy due to gynecological benignities is a very rare, difficult and challenging condition and physicians should always consider the existence of uropathy in such cases.

article 2017
·doi:10.1002/uog.18132

To evaluate the accuracy of transvaginal ultrasonography to discriminate endometrial cancerous pathology from benign lesions based on IETA and MUSA rules and definitions. We analysed retrospectively ultrasonic images (2D, 3D/4D) of 240 wome…

article 2012
Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research ·doi:10.1111/j.1447-0756.2011.01768.x

Surgical management of deep infiltrating endometriosis can be very challenging even for experienced gynecologists. Radical procedures like bowel resection and nephrectomy have been reported for treatment of the disease. Our aim is to report…

article 2006
Gynecologic and obstetric investigation ·doi:10.1159/000091998

A rare case of rectovaginal endometriosis with lymph node involvement is described in a 44-year-old patient. The presence of endometrial tissue in pelvic lymph nodes is rare and has been confirmed in the literature in subjects who underwent…

article 2005
·doi:10.1148/radiol.2352031442

PURPOSE: To evaluate prospectively ultrasonography (US)-guided cyst aspiration and methotrexate injection in the management of simple and endometriotic ovarian cysts in selected patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Authors obtained informed pat…