Nikolaos Thanatsis

OBJECTIVE: To determine whether obstetric outcomes differ between women with endometriosis and those without, where all women undergo first-trimester screening for endometriosis. DESIGN: A prospective observational cohort study. SETTING: …

To assess whether women with deep or ovarian endometriosis are more likely to experience pelvic pain symptoms and a lower quality of life (QOL) compared to women without this condition. This was a prospective observational cohort study cond…

OBJECTIVES: To assess using transvaginal ultrasound the prevalence of deep and ovarian endometriosis in premenopausal women attending a general gynecology clinic. We also investigated whether the presence of endometriosis was associated wit…

OBJECTIVE: To compare the diagnostic accuracies of ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for deep (≥50%) myometrial invasion (DMI) and cervical stromal invasion (CSI) in women with endometrial cancer. METHODS: This was a prospect…

IMPORTANCE: Irrespective of the precise mechanisms leading to endometriosis, angiogenesis is essential for the establishment and long-term proliferation of the disease. As current surgical and medical management options for women with endom…

To determine the prevalence of endometriosis in premenopausal women attending general gynecology clinics. This was a prospective observational cohort study, conducted at a tertiary university hospital from February 2019 to October 2020. We …

STUDY QUESTION: What is the interobserver and intraobserver reproducibility of pelvic ultrasound for the detection of endometriotic lesions? SUMMARY ANSWER: Pelvic ultrasound is highly reproducible for the detection of pelvic endometriotic…

To examine the inter- and intraobserver reproducibility of ultrasound diagnosis of pelvic endometriosis and assess the repeatability of measurements. This was a prospective observational cohort study conducted in our specialist endometriosi…