Themistoklis Mikos

Background/Objectives: This study investigates the predictive role of pre-operative sonographic assessment of ovarian mobility in determining intra-operative ovarian resectability among patients undergoing vaginal hysterectomy for pelvic or…

Abstract Purpose of Review Adenomyosis is defined as the presence of endometrial tissue within the myometrium. The aim of the review is to describe contemporary surgical approaches for adenomyosis. Recent Findings Hysterectomy has been stan…

ObjectiveThe purpose of this systematic review was to identify the operative issues and specific dysmenorrhea and menorrhagia outcomes in women who had undergone fertility-sparing surgery, as well as determine the expected outcome for extir…

Extrapelvic endometriosis is a rare entity that presents serious challenges to researchers and clinicians. Endometriotic lesions have been reported in every part of the female human body and in some instances in males. Organs that are close…

ObjectiveAtypical polypoid adenomyomas (APAs) are endometrial, non-malignant, focal, and non-invasive lesions that are intriguing for their histological resemblence to invasive endometrioid adenocarcinoma or malignant mixed Müllerian tumor.…

OBJECTIVE: To review systematically the literature on uterus-sparing surgical treatment options for adenomyosis. DESIGN: Systematic literature review. SETTING: Tertiary academic center. PATIENT(S): Women with histologically proven adenom…

STUDY OBJECTIVE: To estimate the diagnostic performance of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in detection of myomas and adenomyosis of the uterus. DESIGN: Prospective cohort observational study (Canadian Task Force classification II-2). SE…

PURPOSE: The aims of this study was (a) to compare the diagnostic accuracy of ultrasound examination with laparoscopic findings and both with the gold standard (histology) in the management of benign ovarian lesions, and (b) to assess the f…

ObjectiveTo present a series of six consecutive women with adenomyomas who were successfully managed with a standard treatment strategy to elucidate the feasibility and the effectiveness of laparoscopic treatment of adenomyomas.DesignCross-…

Endometriosis outside the pelvis is rare and most cases occur in surgical scars after operations involving the female genital tract. Fistulae involving the uterus are also very rare, usually being the result of postpartum and postoperative …