• The effect of injection volume on long-term outcomes of US-guided subacromial bursa injections 

      Klontzas M.E., Vassalou E.E., Zibis A.H., Karantanas A.H. (2020)
      Purpose: Limited data exist on the efficacy of high- compared to low-volume US-guided corticosteroid injections (CI) in the subacromial-subdeltoid (SA-SD) bursa. Our purpose was to compare the short- and long-term efficacy ...
    • Effect of integrin AV and B8 gene polymorphisms in patients with traumatic brain injury 

      Dardiotis E., Siokas V., Aloizou A.-M., Karampinis E., Brotis A.G., Grigoriadis S., Paterakis K., Dardioti M., Komnos A., Kapsalaki E., Fountas K., Hadjigeorgiou G.M. (2019)
      Background: Α few genetic variants are associated with the outcome after traumatic brain injury (TBI). Integrins are glycoprotein receptors that play an important role in the integrity of microvasculature of the brain. ...
    • The effect of zoledronic acid and high-dose vitamin D on function after hip fractures. A prospective cohort study 

      Koutalos A.A., Chalatsis G.I., Varsanis G., Malizos K.N., Karachalios T. (2022)
      Purpose: Hip fractures are associated with functional decline and increased mortality. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of zoledronic acid and high-dose vitamin D on function and mortality after hip ...
    • The Effectiveness of Manual Therapy in the Cervical Spine and Diaphragm, in Combination with Breathing Reeducation Exercises, in Patients with Non-Specific Chronic Neck Pain: Protocol for Development of Outcome Measures and a Randomized Controlled Trial 

      Tatsios P.I., Grammatopoulou E., Dimitriadis Z., Koumantakis G.A. (2022)
      Until now, non-specific chronic neck pain has mainly been considered as a musculoskeletal system dysfunction, with associated psychological involvement due to its prolonged or recurrent nature. However, patients with ...
    • The effects of specific omega-3 and omega-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids and antioxidant vitamins on gait and functional capacity parameters in patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis 

      Aristotelous P., Stefanakis M., Pantzaris M., Pattichis C.S., Calder P.C., Patrikios I.S., Sakkas G.K., Giannaki C.D. (2021)
      Patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) are characterized by, among other symptoms, impaired functional capacity and walking difficulties. Polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) have been found to improve MS patients’ clinical ...
    • Efficacy of computer-based cognitive training in neuropsychological performance of patients with multiple sclerosis: A systematic review and meta-analysis 

      Dardiotis E., Nousia A., Siokas V., Tsouris Z., Andravizou A., Mentis A.-F.A., Florou D., Messinis L., Nasios G. (2018)
      Importance Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic inflammatory disease of the central nervous system characterized by relapses and a progressive course that may lead to accumulation of physical and cognitive disability. ...
    • Efficient bone metastasis diagnosis in bone scintigraphy using a fast convolutional neural network architecture 

      Papandrianos N., Papageorgiou E., Anagnostis A., Papageorgiou K. (2020)
      (1) Background: Bone metastasis is among diseases that frequently appear in breast, lung and prostate cancer; the most popular imaging method of screening in metastasis is bone scintigraphy and presents very high sensitivity ...
    • Elevated preoperative suPAR is a strong and independent risk marker for postoperative complications in patients undergoing major noncardiac surgery (SPARSE) 

      Chalkias A., Laou E., Kolonia K., Ragias D., Angelopoulou Z., Mitsiouli E., Kallemose T., Smith-Hansen L., Eugen-Olsen J., Arnaoutoglou E. (2022)
      Background: Patients undergoing major surgery are often at risk of developing postoperative complications. We investigated whether a preoperative marker of chronic inflammation, soluble urokinase plasminogen activator ...
    • The emergency medical system in Greece: Opening aeolus’ bag of winds 

      Kotsiou O.S., Srivastava D.S., Kotsios P., Exadaktylos A.K., Gourgoulianis K.I. (2018)
      An Emergency Medical Service (EMS) system must encompass a spectrum of care, with dedicated pre-hospital and in-hospital medical facilities. It has to be organised in such a way as to include all necessary services-such ...
    • Endoscopic sinus surgery outcomes in CRS: quality of life and correlations with NOSE scale in a prospective cohort study 

      Saratziotis A., Emanuelli E., Zanotti C., Mireas G., Pavlidis P., Ferfeli M., Hajiioannou J. (2021)
      Background: To evaluate the impact of endoscopic sinus surgery (ESS) on clinical outcomes, quality of life (QoL) and Nasal Obstruction and Symptom Evaluation (NOSE) scale in patients with CRSwNP and CRSsNP. An additional ...
    • Endovascular Thrombectomy in Acute Ischemic Stroke 

      Papanagiotou P., Ntaios G. (2018)
      Despite several effective strategies of stroke prevention, the stroke epidemic still constitutes the leading cause of permanent disability. The recent series of well-designed, convincingly-positive randomized controlled ...
    • EPIdemiology of Surgery-Associated Acute Kidney Injury (EPIS-AKI): Study protocol for a multicentre, observational trial 

      Weiss R., Saadat-Gilani K., Kerschke L., Wempe C., Meersch M., Zarbock A., Makhloufi H., Cherak A., Ghanem L.L., Gouaglia Z., Guadouri D.N., Hama F.N., Kara M., Saadi O., Sakhraoui R., Bourou F., Cherifi A., Sadaoui R.G., Ouyahia A., Ouahab I., Bouaoud S., Abdoun M., Tidjane A., Tabeti B., Boudjenan-Serradj N., Rivera C.J.P., Cabrer P., Corso J., García J.P., Idarraga S., Montoya C., Figueroa R., Aldana E., Torrado M.A., Peng K., Ma Z.-M., Yang Y.-F., Zhu Y.-J., Sklienka P., Frelich M., Jarkulis V., Sevcik P., Vodicka V., Elbahnasawy M.G., Elsalhawy S., Motawea S., Othman Z., Sahma M., Nafea A.M., Ahmed N., Attia D.A., Emara M.M., Bonna M.M., Gabr M.A., Tarbay A.I., Abdehaleem I.A., Mohamed E.E., Eldeeb A.M., Abbas A.M., Magdy J.A., Hamed Z.H., Osman H.M.E., Abbas M.S., Joannes-Boyau O., Barraud N., Berthelot C., Camus T., Dahmi A., Defaye M., Derville S., El-Boustani Y., Deloge E., Jacob H., Monziols S., Priem F., Robin J.-J., Legros V., Floch T., Muccio S., Geneve C., Legouge M.L., Mauny S.T., Mfam W., Pascot L., Aveline C., Chartier M., Duteurtre B., Gautier J.F., Cousin A.L., Vautier P., Nadaud J., Begel N., Chekirine C.-A., Derlon V., Grein E., Lehair M.-A., Magazzeni L., Magazzeni P., Potter C., Roth C., Voivret F., Rimmelé T., Cerro V., Suria S., Elmawieh J., Stoclin A., Cirenei C., Andrieu G., Couloumy S., Falcone J., Fajardy M., Gagneuil A., Girardet E., Mazereeuw A., Ponsonnard S., Egreteau P.-Y., Bertel M., Bocher S., Carn V., Guen L.L., Loup G.L., Lefevre M., Ichai C., Diop A., Jean-Michel V., Devlieger S., Duthoit J., El Kadiri M., Léger M., Cassisa V., Lasocki S., Masson C., Rineau E., Verrier P., Coquerel A., Montravers P., Atchade E., Rochon C.-E., Delerue C., Quentin V., Latry V., Queixalos N., Cottenceau V., Braun T., Bouzoubaa S., Christ B., Geiger A., Gomille J., Kieffer V., Mangeant S., Prochilo C., Schmitt C., Skwirba S., Grand H., Boury F., Mayeur N., Pasquie M., Garçon P., Bruckert V., Arnould V., Bonciu M., Chapelle T., Facchino L., Fagot-Gandet F., Iachim A., Mannu E., Perus O., Plattier R., Rozier R., Pradel G., Boudinaud M., Hausermann M.-H., Nguyen M.H., Ramorasata A., Barreau A., Boivin A.-H., Ravry C., Mottard N., Beuvelot J., Bossion F.P., Desebbe O., Zarbock A., Dörr C., von Groote T.C., Küllmar M., Massoth C., Meersch M., Saadat-Gilani K., Weiss R., Wempe C., Ziemann S., Grüßer L., Kowark A., Wittig P., Brandenburger T., Dimski T., Döhmen N., Huthmann L., Kaierle D., Pelletier C., Schleß M., Hohn A., Cleophas S., Haunhorst S., Jansen M., Schmitt A., Soisch J., Sturm K., Rosenberger P., Bendig A., Flohr L., Häberle H., Hofmann P., Kuhle J., Leser N.M., Pfister K., Prohaska S., Sennholz F., Stetz L., Weber K., Stehr S., Klaus S., Sadlo M., Boschin M., Sengelhoff C., Göbel U.M., Haaker J.G., Göttker C.-K., Gründel M., Heringlake M., Baumgärtel R., Berggren A., Gülzow M., Muras L., Paarmann H., Thal S., Bentley A., El-Masri D., Sebastiani A., Arnaoutoglou E., Ntalouka M., Stratigopoulou P., Analytis A., Mavrommatis E., Tzimas P., Karakosta A., Pantazi D., Dimakopoulou A., Dimitropoulou K., Ioannidis O., Jalaawiy H., Anwar A., Hashim H.T., Aldawoody H.I.R., Cortegiani A., Catalisano G., Ingoglia G., Ippolito M., De Rosa S., Cattin L., Bianchin A., Barone M., Paternoster G., Cutuli S.L., Russo A., Sollazzi L., Cascarano L., Antonelli M., Aceto P., Romanò B., Spadaro S., Tripodi V.F., Rossi M., Scappatura R., Vadalà M.C., Fiume D., Strano M.T., Oddo G., Santorsola C., Hussain B.A., Alnaser A.R., Ghassan A.H., Hasanein K., Theab M., Shin S., Jung S., Lee K., Jung S.M., Baek J., Elhadi M.K., Aldressi W.W.O., Abuzeid I., Albaraesi M., Aldressi S., Khalel W., Abdulwahed E., Abujrad A.A.A., Almaghrabi A., Alteleeb M., Alshareea E.A.A., Biala M.I., Deeknah A., Gheddim D.A., Ghmagh R., Ikhrays N.S.A.A., Sinan M., Soula E., Bahroun S.G., Derwish K., Mohamed A.M., Younes E.S., Al Islam Benjouira R., Aliwa M., Altashani N.A., Alteb M.O., Msherghi A., Alagelli F., Albarouni S., Albishti A., Aljamal S., Alsori M., Ekhuja T., Elzwai S., Ghula M., Mustafa T., Tuwaib A., Zriba H., Agilla H.M., Rafanomezantsoa T.A., Podesta A.M.C., Bonnici D.M., Pirotta T., López G.A.G., Mijovska M.M., Davitkovska T., Gavrilovska A., Lukikj S., Vesova M., Zafirova D., Amro S., Hajjaj B.N.F., Alkhazendar M., Barakat Y., Elejla S.A., Elhissi A., Khader A., Salem A., de Freitas Regufe R., de Oliveira Eloy A.F., Perdigão L.M.N.C., Grigoriev E., Ivkin A., Kornelyuk R., Yaroustovsky M., Abramyan M., Komardina E., Lesteva N., Aybazova M., Kumykova E., Lesina S., Rybakov G., Shestov A., Barmou A.A.A., Ahmed B.L.A., Eliyas A.M., Emadeldin Y., Kaserer A., Castellucci C., Rössler J., Akbas S., Petrun A.M., Gregorcic I., Sok V., Cicak R., Bárcena E., Guisado A., Wi I., Melchor J.R., Becerra-Bolaños Á., Cabrera-Doreste S., Domínguez-Arbelo A., Delgado-Alonso M.C., Muiño-Palomar V., Rodríguez-Pérez A., Estévez J.M., Munoz M.B.C., Matas J.M., Palao S.P., Quirós M.D.M., Teslev A.C., Argilaga M., Campos M., Bainac A., Batalla A., Alvarez M.G., Giné M., Herránz G., Hinojal I., Ejea M.L., de la Rosa Ruiz N., Abasolo M.G., Acuna C.R.H., Zaranton I.I., Mendigurenmurua A., Sanz M.J.M., de la Fuente E.O., Vaquero M.P.P., Iglesias A.S., Mieres A.U., Urrestizala A.U., Ferreira L., Lobato F., Sevilla M.A., Erazo A., Miró P., Sabaté S., Vernetta D., Perez A.A., Pagola M.A., Paulis B.C., del Val Peciña E., Odriozola A.G., Aizpurua A.L., Piquer O.P., Garcia P.P., Rezola P.O., Lopez A.O., de la Calle Gil I., Casado R.N., Adamove P., Domenge R.B., Blasco F.M.B., Villamizar A.A.R., Llaneras M.A.P., García-Sánchez J.I., Téllez L.F., Zamorano S.G., Herreros N.G., Esteve A.R., Rodríguez P.M., Trigo I.G., Alcaraz A., Jiménez A.L., Rubio I., García N., Callejas R., Toha A.M.C., Claros E., Cobeta P., Crespo P., Dorado T., Elías E., Felices J., Gil D., Gómez M., Mané N., Martín M., Martínez A., Pereira L., Samaranch A.B.N., Serrano A., Tiscar C., VillaHoz J., Menéndez P.G., Cardona E., Conesa A., Estepa V., Galán P., Espí L.L., Aldeán Y.L., Manrique S., Ariza V.M., Villa L.V., Suliman E.S.M.A., Hamid H., Ibrahim A.M., Saeed M.M., Mukadder O.S., Altun D., Canbolat N., Dinçer M.B., Seyhan T.Ö., Yildirim S.A., Iyigün M., Yapici D., Özdemir L., Sagun A., Boztug N., Cetintas Y., Dinc B., Gündüz E., Ünlügenç H., Tunay D.L., Karakaya D., Dost B., Komurcu O., Akcil E.F., Dilmen Ö.K., Tunali Y., Ok G., Alsina E.T., Hakli Ö., Polat C., Turgut N., Kizilcik N., Köner Ö., Sen Ö., Aydin N., Basaran B., Bingul E.S., Gürkan Y., Darcin K., Ugur S., Saracoglu K.T., Demir A., Aysegül Ö., Balci E., Girgin B., Guler A., Karadeniz Ü., Özaslan N., Hülya Y.Ö., Ozcan N., Postaci A., Sahap M., Salman N., Sagir Ö., Atik B., Bicakcioglu M., Demir H.F., Fatih U., Kocaoglu N., Toprak H.I., Aslan D.D., Colak Y.Z., Ozcan M.S., Yilmaz M., Karaca U., Sahin S.H., Karka Ö.E., Senoglu G.D., Karadag S.E., Alkis N., Baytas V., Akdogan A., Besir A., Erturk E., Kutanis D., Saylan S., Tugcugil E., Ayvat P., Günaydin B., Büyükgebiz B.M., Boran O.F., Calisir F., Orak Y., Balkan B.K., Büyükcoban S., Gökel E., Günenc S.F., Özbilgin S., Göre S., Akesen S., Cansabuncu S., Momot N., Panchenko A., Pittet J.-F., Rutledge K., the EPIS-AKI Investigators (2021)
      Introduction More than 300 million surgical procedures are performed each year. Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a common complication after major surgery and is associated with adverse short-term and long-term outcomes. ...
    • Evaluating Alternative Ramucirumab Doses as a Single Agent or with Paclitaxel in Second-Line Treatment of Locally Advanced or Metastatic Gastric/Gastroesophageal Junction Adenocarcinoma: Results from Two Randomized, Open-Label, Phase II Studies 

      Shah M.A., Udrea A.A., Bondarenko I., Mansoor W., Sánchez R.G., Sarosiek T., Bozzarelli S., Schenker M., Gomez-Martin C., Morgan C., Özgüroğlu M., Pikiel J., Kalofonos H.P., Wojcik E., Buchler T., Swinson D., Cicin I., Joseph M., Vynnychenko I., Luft A.V., Enzinger P.C., Salek T., Papandreou C., Tournigand C., Maiello E., Wei R., Ferry D., Gao L., Oliveira J.M., Ajani J.A. (2022)
      Studies JVDB and JVCZ examined alternative ramucirumab dosing regimens as monotherapy or combined with paclitaxel, respectively, in patients with advanced/metastatic gastric/gastroesophageal junction (GEJ) adenocarcinoma. ...
    • Evaluating the “Patella-Friendly” Concept in Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Minimum 15-Year Follow-Up Outcome Study Comparing Constant Radius, Multiradius Cruciate-Retaining, and Nonanatomical Cruciate-Retaining Implants 

      Karachalios T., Komnos G., Hantes M., Varitimidis S. (2021)
      Background: Patella-friendly femoral components were developed in order to reduce anterior knee pain and patellofemoral complications in total knee arthroplasty (TKA), but their effect on long-term outcome is still unclear. ...
    • Evolution of epidemiological characteristics of infective endocarditis in Greece 

      Giannitsioti E., Pefanis A., Gogos C., Lekkou A., Dalekos G.N., Gatselis N., Georgiadou S., Nikou P., Vrettou A., Rigopoulos A., Tryfonopoulos C., Tsaganos T., Karofilakis E., Psarrakis C., Argyriou M., Gargalianos-Kakolyris P., Adamis G., Lourida P., Kofteridis D., Andrianaki A., Loupa C., Kostis E., Sinapidis D., Sympardi S., Alexiou N., Karaiskos I., Masgala A., Maltezos E., Panagopoulos P., Sachpekidis V., Evdoridis C., Sipsas N.V., Daikos G., Giamarellou H., Pontikis K., Lioris I., Lelekis M., Trikkas A., Aggouras D., Kolias V., Rokkas C., Nana-Anastasiou M., Miyakis S., On behalf of the Hellenic Society of Chemotherapy (2021)
      Objective: The clinical profile, management and outcome of infective endocarditis (IE) may be influenced by socioeconomic issues. Methods: A nationwide prospective study evaluated IE during the era of deep economic crisis ...
    • Examining Socioeconomic and Computational Aspects of Vaccine Pharmacovigilance 

      Soldatou V., Soldatos A., Soldatos T. (2019)
      Background. Vaccine pharmacovigilance relates to the detection of adverse events, their assessment, understanding, and prevention, and communication of their risk to the public. These activities can be tedious and long ...
    • Exercise for perinatal depressive symptoms: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials in perinatal health services 

      Morres I.D., Tzouma N.-A., Hatzigeorgiadis A., Krommidas C., Kotronis K.V., Dafopoulos K., Theodorakis Y., Comoutos N. (2022)
      Background: Exercise improves perinatal depressive (PD) symptoms, but reports call for more robust evidence. This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed at synthesizing evidence exclusively from randomized controlled ...
    • Exogenous progesterone for LH surge prevention is redundant in ovarian stimulation protocols 

      Messinis I.E., Messini C.I., Anifandis G., Daponte A. (2021)
      During ovarian stimulation for IVF–embryo transfer treatment, a premature LH surge may lead to progesterone elevation that disrupts endometrial maturation and affects the probability of pregnancy following fresh embryo ...
    • Expert consensus statement for the management of patients with embolic stroke of undetermined source and patent foramen ovale: A clinical guide by the working group for stroke of the Hellenic Society of Cardiology and the Hellenic Stroke Organization 

      Ntaios G., Tzikas A., Vavouranakis E., Nikas D., Katsimagklis G., Koroboki E., Manolis A.S., Milionis H., Papadopoulos K., Sideris S., Spengos K., Toutouzas K., Tziakas D., Vassilopoulou S., Kanakakis I., Vemmos K., Tsioufis K. (2020)
      [No abstract available]
    • Female sex and outcomes after endovascular aneurysm repair for abdominal aortic aneurysm: A propensity score matched cohort analysis 

      Behrendt C.-A., Kreutzburg T., Kuchenbecker J., Panuccio G., Dankhoff M., Spanos K., Kouvelos G., Debus S., Peters F., Kölbel T. (2021)
      Objective: Previous studies have showed a potential disadvantage of female patients who underwent abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) repair. The current study aims to determine sex-specific perioperative and long-term outcomes ...