Publications by authors named "Ilias-Marios Oikonomou"
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- Liver transplantation is crucial for patients with end-stage liver disease, and prioritization for surgery is mainly based on the MELD score, which predicts short-term mortality but overlooks factors like sarcopenia and frailty.
- A study at Aristotle University focused on how an active lifestyle might influence physical frailty among liver transplant candidates by assessing their activity levels, functional capacity, and frailty.
- Results indicated that physically active candidates had significantly better oxygen uptake and functional capacity compared to sedentary candidates, highlighting the potential benefits of maintaining an active lifestyle for those awaiting transplant.
Background: Among the total reported cases of pancreatic duct adenocarcinomas, around 1-2.9% are adenosquamous carcinomas of the pancreas. Due to limited data, preoperative diagnosis is a great challenge for physicians, and it is usually set post-operational, based on the pathologist report.
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- Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) has transformed surgical practices and is gaining acceptance in various specialties, particularly in general surgery and potentially in liver transplantation (LT).
- A systematic review of studies on ERAS in orthotopic LT showed significant reductions in hospital stays without adverse effects on readmission rates.
- The findings suggest that ERAS is a safe and effective approach for enhancing recovery in selected LT patients, supporting its future use in this complex surgical field.
Skin tissue repair is of fundamental importance for maintaining homeostasis regulation, protection barrier, absorption, and excretion of skin tissue. Wound healing is a complicated process that can be impaired by infections and therefore have a significant economic and social impact. Simultaneously, the overuse of antibiotics has led to antimicrobial resistance and loss of their efficacy.
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