Yannis Prapas

No ORCID on file · 9 papers in corpus · active 1999-2021

Study types

  • article 9

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 7
  • infertility 5
article 2021
Faster Healing Process by Sparing Intramural Myoma’s Pseudocapsule during Laparoscopic Myomectomy Compared with Removing It during Open Myomectomy
·doi:10.4236/ijcm.2021.1210038

Uterine fibroids are the most common benign tumours in the reproductive system. They are proliferations of smooth muscle cells of the myometrium containing a large quantity of extracellular matrix and they are surrounded by a pseudo capsule…

article 2021
Surgical treatment of endometriosis does not affect outcomes of IVF/ICSI patients: a retrospective single-institution experience
·doi:10.21037/gpm-2020-es-03

Background: To compare outcomes of in vitro fertilization/intracytoplasmic sperm injection (IVF/ICSI) cycles in patients with stage I-II endometriosis with and without previous surgical treatment.

article 2018
Anatomic distribution of endometriosis: A reappraisal based on series of 1101 patients
European journal of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive biology ·doi:10.1016/j.ejogrb.2018.09.001

ObjectiveTo reappraise the anatomic distribution of endometriosis lesions in cases with Superficial Implants (SI), Ovarian Endometrioma (OMA) and Deep Infiltrating Endometriosis (DIE).Materials and methodsA prospective observational study w…

article 2018
Unexplained infertility patients present the mostly impaired levels of progesterone receptors: Prospective observational study
American journal of reproductive immunology (New York, N.Y. : 1989) ·doi:10.1111/aji.12828

PROBLEM: Τo assess the endometrial expression of progesterone receptors in various subgroups of infertile women during implantation window. ΜETHODS: A prospective observational study was performed during March 2013-February 2017. Infertile …

article 2017
LIF endometrial expression is impaired in women with unexplained infertility while LIF-R expression in all infertility sub-groups
Cytokine ·doi:10.1016/j.cyto.2017.04.009

The main objective of our study was to study LIF and LIF-R endometrial expression during the implantation window in the various sub-groups of infertile women according to infertility cause. A prospective observational case-control study was…

article 2016
Endometrial expression of progesterone receptors but not avb3 integrins is significantly decreased in women with unexplained infertility and poor ovarian reserve
·doi:10.1016/j.ejogrb.2016.07.432
article 2012
History of endometriosis may adversely affect the outcome in menopausal recipients of sibling oocytes
Reproductive biomedicine online ·doi:10.1016/j.rbmo.2012.07.020

Due to the known adverse effect of endometriosis on gamete quality, it has always been difficult to demonstrate a direct effect of endometriosis on implantation. In order to eliminate these confounding effects, this prospective comparative …

article 2010
Posters * Endometriosis, Endometrium and Implantation
·doi:10.1093/humrep/de.25.s1.242

Introduction: Endometriosis, defined as the growth of endometrial tissue outside \nthe uterine cavity is a common gynaecological disorder affecting 10-15% \nof women in their reproductive years. It is a major clinical problem causing in- \n…

article 1999
Effect of Treatment with GnRH Agonists on New Markers of Bone Metabolism
Gynecologic and obstetric investigation ·doi:10.1159/000010093

To assess the utility of new markers in monitoring bone turnover during treatment with GnRH agonists, alkaline phosphatase (total and bone specific) and urinary N-telopeptides were measured. 16 women undergoing treatment with GnRH agonists …