Dimitrios Tsolakidis

Background/Objectives: Cytoreductive surgery (CRS) combined with hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) may modify the prognostic impact of established clinical and surgical factors in advanced ovarian cancer. A retrospective stu…

(1) Background: Suspicious adnexal masses should be referred to gynecological oncology units. However, when surgery waiting lists are prolonged, these patients usually suffer from a delay in surgery. This could have a negative impact on the…

Background/Objectives: Douglasectomy is defined as the removal of the pelvic peritoneum of the entire pouch of Douglas. In presumed FIGO stage I ovarian cancer, isolated microscopic cancer cells might disseminate from the ovaries to their n…

Abstract PurposeThe objective of the study is to prospectively assess surgical stress and postoperative pain after myomectomy performed by laparoscopy versus laparotomyMethodsThis prospective, matched, multi-center observational study, took…

Hysterectomy is the most common gynecological operation after cesarean section. The majority of hysterectomies are performed for the treatment of benign diseases, which, although not life-threatening, may have a negative impact on the quali…

INTRODUCTION: Adenomyosis often co-exists in the pathological specimens after surgery for endometrial cancer. The aim of this study is to describe the clinicopathological and oncological characteristics of these patients and further investi…

Endometriosis is a well‑known risk factor for ovarian cancer. The genetic changes that characterise endometriosis are poorly understood; however, the mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR) pathway is involved. In this study, we investigated…

OBJECTIVE: Atypical polypoid adenomyomas (APAs) are endometrial, non-malignant, focal, and non-invasive lesions that are intriguing for their histological resemblence to invasive endometrioid adenocarcinoma or malignant mixed Müllerian tumo…

Ovarian cancer is the second most common gynaecological malignancy and was diagnosed in over 7,000 women in 2011 in the UK. There are currently no reliable biomarkers available for use in a regular screening assay for ovarian cancer and due…

BACKGROUND: Laparoscopic surgery is the gold standard treatment for ovarian endometriomas. The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of two different laparoscopic methods on sonographic indicators of ovarian reserve in the treated ov…

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effect of two different laparoscopic methods on ovarian reserve in patients with ovarian endometriomas. DESIGN: Prospective, randomized clinical trial. SETTING: Endoscopy unit of a university hospital. PATIE…