Publications by authors named "Maria Erodotou"
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- Patients with extensive N3 lymph node metastases from esophageal cancer face a poor overall survival, with a median of only 12.5 months, signaling the need for better treatment strategies.
- In a study of 359 patients with cN3M0 disease, those who underwent surgery after chemotherapy showed improved survival rates, with a median of 23.7 months compared to 13.3 months for those treated only with chemoradiotherapy.
- The research highlights the challenges in accurately staging N3 esophageal cancer and suggests that surgical intervention may enhance survival outcomes, emphasizing the need for further studies in this area.
Background: Staging laparoscopy for gastric cancer is recommended to assess the tumor's locoregional extension and exclude peritoneal disease. As there is no consensus on optimizing the procedure's diagnostic accuracy, we aimed to systematically review the literature on operative techniques, followed by peritoneal lavage fluid assessment in gastric cancer patients. Specifically, we sought to indicate the most common characteristics of the procedure and cytological evaluation.
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- The study investigates the use of indocyanine green (ICG) for sentinel node mapping during staging laparoscopy in advanced gastric cancer (GC) patients, aiming to improve preoperative staging accuracy.
- It is a multicenter, prospective observational study approved by ethical committees, focusing on the identification rate of ICG-guided sentinel nodes and examining various clinical variables.
- The findings could lead to enhanced staging processes in GC treatment by better determining the pathological nodal status before starting neoadjuvant chemotherapy.
Urachal remnant anomalies are uncommon in adults and can be confused with a variety of clinical conditions when symptomatic or infected. Vesicourachal diverticulum is the rarest type, accounting for approximately 3% to 5% of congenital urachal anomalies. We report the case of a 42-year-old female patient, who presented to the emergency department with lower abdominal pain and a palpable abdominal mass.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMesenteric cysts are rare benign abdominal tumors, and they can appear anywhere in the mesentery of the gastrointestinal tract, from the duodenum to the rectum. They are generally asymptomatic and may present as an incidental finding. The diagnosis is confirmed by the laparotomy findings and the results of the histopathological examination.
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