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Trends in Primary Gallbladder Cancer Incidence and Incidence-based Mortality in the United States, 1973 to 2015
(2022)
Objectives: Primary gallbladder cancer (GBC) is the most common biliary tract cancer with poor survival despite aggressive treatment. This study aimed to investigate the trends of GBC incidence and incidence-based mortality ...
Endothelin-1 indicates unfavorable prognosis in primary high-grade non-muscle-invasive urothelial bladder cancer
(2021)
Objective: To conduct a prospective study of the potential prognostic role of endothelin-1 (ET-1) in a cohort of primary high-grade non-muscle-invasive urothelial bladder cancer patients, who were treated with adjuvant ...
Health-Related Quality of Life Assessment in Daily Urologic Practice: A Survey of Greek Urologists
(2022)
Purpose: Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) assessment has become an integral part of clinical research across different disciplines. However, the degree of incorporation of QoL standardized questionnaires in daily ...
Differences in surgical oncology practice in Greece and Cyprus between the first and second COVID-19 pandemic waves: Lessons from a paradigm shift
(2021)
The SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) pandemic has led to the implementation of certain restrictions and rearrangements regarding the surgical oncology operations, thus affecting the surgical lists, the availability of surgical time, ...
Blood flow velocity comparison in the eye capillaries and postcapillary venules between normal pregnant and non-pregnant women
(2020)
Background: There is no consensus on how much and at what diameters the blood flow velocity changes in the female microcirculation during normal pregnancy. Methods: A non-contact, digital slit-lamp biomicroscopy system was ...
Efficacy and Safety of Heparinization before Deployment of Endograft for Blunt Traumatic Aortic Injury in Severely Injured Patients
(2021)
Background: The administration of unfractionated heparin (UFH) during endovascular repair of blunt traumatic aortic injury (BTAI) is controversial. The aim of the study is to report the early outcomes of patients undergoing ...
Risk factors for the first episode of Acinetobacter baumannii resistant to colistin infection and outcome in critically ill patients
(2020)
Introduction. To identify risk factors for the first episode of Acinetobacter baumannii resistant to colistin (ABCR) infection in critically ill patients. Aim. Prospective observational study. Methodology. ICU patients who ...
Exercise for perinatal depressive symptoms: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials in perinatal health services
(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 ...
Prevalence of diabetes and pre-diabetes in Greece. Results of the First National Survey of Morbidity and Risk Factors (EMENO) study
(2021)
Aims: To report the results of the first national Health Examination Survey (HES) on the prevalence of diabetes, its pharmacologic treatment and level of control, as well as pre-diabetes in Greece. Methods: Data were derived ...
Ten-year single center experience in elective standard endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair
(2021)
Background: Endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) has become the treatment of choice for abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA), demonstrating excellent early outcomes. However, EVAR durability has been questioned in the long-term ...