Ioannis Dedes

BACKGROUND: Adenomyosis can be categorized using various systems based on its extent, location, and severity. Depending on its location within the endometrium adenomyosis can be classified as intrinsic (inner myometrium) or extrinsic (outer…

Background Adenomyosis can be categorized using various systems based on its extent, location, and severity. Depending on its location within the endometrium adenomyosis can be classified as intrinsic (inner myometrium) or extrinsic (outer …

Endometriosis, a disease affecting about one out of ten women, is characterized by the growth of endometrial-like tissue outside the uterine cavity. There is significant disease heterogeneity, but the pathophysiological mechanisms underlyin…

Endometriosis, a disease affecting about one out of ten women, is characterized by the growth of endometrial-like tissue outside the uterine cavity. There is significant disease heterogeneity, but the pathophysiological mechanisms underlyin…

Background: Endometrioma recurrence after laparoscopic cystectomy remains a clinical challenge in the long-term management of endometriosis. The Empressin Injection Technique (EIT), which involves the use of a vasopressin analog during surg…

Background/Objectives: Endometriosis can present as ovarian endometriosis in 15–25% of the cases. While chronic pelvic pain and dysmenorrhea dominate its clinical presentation, acute complications, such as spontaneous OMA rupture, are rare …

Adenomyosis, a benign gynecological condition characterized by the infiltration of endometrial tissue into the myometrium, poses significant challenges to women's reproductive health. Recently, the landscape of adenomyosis diagnosis tr…

OBJECTIVE: To provide a brief summary of the high incidence, symptomatology, different types, and diagnosis of adenomyosis and to explore various aspects of the disease, with the primary aim of raising awareness among gynecologists for appr…

Background/Objectives: Adenomyosis is a debilitating gynecologic condition that affects both multiparous older women and nulliparous younger women, inducing a variety of symptoms such as dysmenorrhea, menorrhagia, and infertility. Thermal a…

Abstract Purpose of Review Uterine-sparing excisional surgical techniques for adenomyosis are complex, carry significant risks, and after all have substantial recurrence rates. Consequently, there has been a trend towards adopting non-surgi…

Background: Assisted reproductive technology treatment is recommended to overcome endometriosis-associated infertility but current evidence is controversial. Endometriosis is associated with lower antral follicle count (AFC) and oocyte yiel…

BACKGROUND: Endometriosis, i.e., endometrial-like tissue outside the uterus, is a chronic inflammatory condition affecting physical functioning. However, the specific levels of physical activity (PA) in the context of endometriosis and diff…

Adenomyosis is a common benign gynecologic condition characterized by ectopic endometrial glands and stroma in the myometrium causing pain (dysmenorrhea) and abnormal uterine bleeding. New interventional techniques have been introduced over…

BACKGROUND: There is a growing body of human, animal and in vitro studies on vitamin D (vit D) substitution in endometriosis. The aim of this systematic review is to critically appraise and qualitatively synthesize the results of the availa…

INTRODUCTION: Endometriosis is an inflammatory condition, affecting mainly women of reproductive age. Leptin is a regulator of food intake and energy expenditure, posing pleiotropic actions, and regulating immunity and fertility. The aim of…