Georgios Iatrakis

Due to an unfortunate oversight of the corresponding author, Anastasia Bothou was included as an author of the editorial without her consent and knowledge. The citation of the editorial has now been amended as follows: Iatrakis G., Zervoudi…

Tamoxifen is a nonsteroidal selective estrogen receptor modulator that is used mainly for adjuvant treatment of estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer. However, tamoxifen, due to its estrogen-mimicking effects, has been linked to various …

Adenomyosis is characterized by ectopic proliferation of endometrial tissue within the myometrium. Histologically, this condition is marked by the presence of islands of benign endometrial glands surrounded by stromal cells. The myometrium …

Despite the increased frequency of endometriosis, it remains one of the most enigmatic disorders regarding its effects on pregnancy. Endometriosis adversely affects both natural and assisted conception. Impaired folliculogenesis, which caus…

Uterine artery embolization (UAE) for the treatment of symptomatic uterine fibroids and non-controllable adenomyosis symptoms is a relatively new procedure for organ-preserving therapy. These benign conditions can become symptomatic in abou…

Objectives: Fibroids cause significant morbidity and are the most common indication for hysterectomies worldwide, delimiting a major public health problem. Uterine artery embolization (UAE) is an alternative therapy to surgical treatment of…

The purpose of the present study was to describe the course of changes in laboratory inflammatory markers following bilateral uterine artery embolization (UAE) as a treatment for leiomyomas and adenomyosis. The body temperature was measured…

Adolescence is the transitional period between childhood and adulthood. Depending on female gonads’ function and on hypothalamic-pituitary-ovarian axis activation, results in teenager’s body growth, in secondary sex characteristics’ develop…

Endometriosis is a very common benign condition affecting fertility and quality of life. Different methods, either definitive or fertility sparing are used for its management by using open, laparoscopic, and robotic techniques. This is a li…

A follow-up study was carried out in 67 healthy women with negative vaginal-cervical cultures after an endometrial curettage for metrorrhagia. The women were separated into two treatment groups and clinically followed for one month after th…

Seventy-nine women with chronίc pelvic pain are described. Αll the patίents were selected from a population of women who had been assessed by gynecologists and surgeons with no evidence of organic pathology. 48 (60.7%) showed a depressive s…