Publications by authors named "Argyrios Monastiriotis"

The presentation of a bicornuate uterus may include miscarriages and menstrual abnormalities. The diagnosis could be in an incident of caesarean delivery, miscarriage or hysteroscopy. The possibility of misdiagnosis to an ectopic pregnancy is real.

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A defect in the structure or function of the cervix that causes it to fail to contain the fetus intrauterine creates the condition called cervical insufficiency. Typical symptoms are pressure in the area of the pelvis, premature membrane rupture, and cervical dilation without uterine contractions. Surgical treatment includes the technique of cervical cerclage.

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Objectives: The aim of this study was to compare the stress response produced during elective CS for the first and second time. For that goal, cortisol blood levels before, during and after childbirth were measured.

Materials And Methods: We performed this prospective observational study during the period of September 2020 to September 2021.

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Parasitic fibroids are a rare type of extrauterine benign tumors that may be spontaneous or iatrogenic in origin and often difficult to diagnose due to their various presentations. We report an unusual case of a parasitic leiomyoma in a 33-year-old nulliparous woman with remote pelvic history who presented to our institution with sudden-onset lower abdominal pain. We performed an exploratory laparotomy, which revealed a 6.

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Objective: The aim of this article is to support intracaesarian myomectomy as an alternative method of treatment.

Case Report: This article presents a case of myomectomy during a caesarean section at 38+1 weeks' gestation, with a subserosal myoma on the left wall of the uterus.

Conclusion: The postoperative period was free of complications, lending credit to the possibility that intracaesarean myomectomy can have a favourable outcome.

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A common issue is that modern obstetricians are required to manage ovarian cysts during pregnancy. Most lesions are benign and will spontaneously resolve, with a few exceptions. Management practices include conservative observation or surgery.

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