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Mediterr J Rheumatol
June 2024
Department of Business Administration, University of West Attica, Athens, Greece.
Objectives: To assess the perceptions of patients with rheumatic diseases about the doctor-patient relationship and the impact on their treatment and their quality of life.
Methods: A quantitative study collecting data from patients with rheumatic diseases using the following tools: (a) the Doctor-Patient Relationship Assessment Questionnaire-16 (DoPRAQ-16), assessed the quality of doctor-patient relationship, (b) the Short Form 36 (SF-36) assessed the quality of life of patients, and (c) the Health Assessment Questionnaire (HAQ), assessed the functional ability of patients. From the statistical analysis, it appears that there is no linear correlation between the DoPRAQ-16 scales and the dimensions of the SF-36 Health Survey, except for the scale of negative emotions and the dimension of Physical Functioning.
J Surg Case Rep
May 2024
B' Department of Orthopaedics, KAT General Hospital of Athens, Nikis 2 str. 15124, Greece.
Surgical site infections (SSIs) following open reduction and internal fixation (ORIF) of ankle fractures can lead to significant disability. This case report emphasizes a unique instance of SSI caused by , following ORIF of a trimalleolar ankle fracture in a 55-year-old female patient. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of infection after ORIF in the literature.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Wrist Surg
April 2024
Hand Surgery-Upper Extremity & Microsurgery Unit, KAT General Hospital of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Trauma Case Rep
February 2024
First Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Faculty of Medicine, Attikon University Hospital, 1 Rimini Street, Chaidari, 12462 Athens, Greece.
Case: A 30-year-old male was admitted in our hospital having an open left distal femoral fracture with 9-cm segmental bone defect and a closed proximal left tibial fracture. He was treated successfully using a Hybrid (Titanium Cage and Bone Graft) Masquelet Induction Membrane Technique (MIMT). His femoral fracture united 3-months post - operatively.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFOral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol
February 2024
KAT General Hospital of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Objective: We hypothesized that poorly controlled diabetic status may be a negative prognostic factor for acute mediastinitis of odontogenic origin, and we conducted a cohort study to verify this hypothesis.
Study Design: Data were collected on all consecutive patients diagnosed with maxillofacial infections of odontogenic origin who received surgical treatment in the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Department. All patients included in the study were divided into 4 groups based on the presence or absence of diabetes and mediastinitis.
Cureus
April 2023
Department of Pediatric Surgery, General Children Hospital of Penteli, Athens, GRC.
Pediatric Crohn's disease (CD) is a chronic inflammatory bowel disease considered to impair the growth of children and adolescents. Since CD commonly presents perianal manifestations, general surgeons may play a crucial role in its diagnosis and treatment. Detailed history, along with a thorough clinical examination, is mandatory for the management of CD perianal lesions.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEplasty
April 2023
Department of Dermatology, Evangelismos General Hospital of Athens, Greece.
Background: Carcinoma cuniculatum is a rare variant of squamous cell carcinoma, mostly affecting the skin but also sparsely reported to occur in the oral cavity. Oral carcinoma cuniculatum (OCC) tends to be misdiagnosed as verrucous carcinoma; this may lead to inadequate treatment and recurrence due to the locally aggressive nature of the tumor. This report presents the case of a 56-year-old man with a progressively enlarging painful OCC at the maxillary right molar region, exhibiting both exophytic (red, soft, nodular mass) and endophytic (superficial ulceration and bone exposure, mimicking nonhealing extraction sockets) growth patterns.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDrugs Aging
May 2023
1st Cardiology Clinic, School of Medicine, Ηippokration General Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Hypertension is a major global health issue and it accounts for a big proportion of disability and mortality worldwide even in adults aged 65 years and above. Moreover, advanced age per se is an independent risk factor for adverse cardiovascular events and there is abundant scientific evidence supporting the beneficial effects of blood pressure lowering, within certain limits, in this subset of hypertensive patients. The aim of this review article is to summarize the available evidence regarding the appropriate management of hypertension in this specific subgroup, in an era of a constantly increasing aging population.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAdv Orthop
February 2023
First Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, "ATTIKON" University General Hospital, Rimini 1, Athens 12462, Greece.
Introduction: As surgical site infections (SSIs) after joint arthroplasty contribute to increased morbidity and mortality, they require further surgical intervention, prolonged hospitalisation, and antimicrobial treatment. The aim of our study is to examine the association between preoperative quality of life (QoL) and other predictive factors on the development of SSIs after primary arthroplasty.
Methods: This is a prospective study that enrolled 56 patients with hip and knee primary osteoarthritis who underwent joint replacement.
J Musculoskelet Neuronal Interact
December 2022
Laboratory for Research of the Musculoskeletal System "Th. Garofalidis", Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, KAT General Hospital of Athens, Greece.
Bisphosphonates represent an established treatment against bone resorption and osseous loss. Local application could help increase bone mineral density while minimizing their systemic use side-effects. Bone cement, used on a large scale in orthopedic surgery and a historically successful drug carrier, could represent an effective scaffold.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFLimbus vertebra is a common radiological finding in an adult, especially in the mid-lumbar region. However it is less commonly seen in the mid cervical region. A case of an anterior limbus vertebra seen on the cervical spine on an adult suffering from a T5 fracture is reported.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCancer Treat Res Commun
September 2022
Physiology Laboratory, Athens Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 75, Mikras Asias Street, Physiology Lab, Bld 16, Goudi, 11527, Athens, Greece.. Electronic address:
Introduction: Osteosarcoma (OS) is the most common primary osseous malignant tumour, with high propensity to metastasise in lungs. Pulmonary micro-metastases are present in up to 80% of patients at initial diagnosis and they are associated with significantly worse prognosis. Doxycycline (Dox) is a synthetic tetracycline that has been shown to have anti-cancer properties in vitro and in vivo, and inhibit angiogenesis - effects that may prove beneficial for several types of cancer.
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July 2022
Orthopaedics, KAT General Hospital Of Athens, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens School of Medicine, Athens, GRC.
Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF), despite its possible complications, remains the gold standard for the surgical treatment of patients with radiculopathy and/or myelopathy caused by cervical intervertebral disc herniation or spondylosis. Despite its high rate of incidence, postoperative dysphagia following ACDF is still poorly understood; its pathogenesis remains relatively unknown, and its risk factors are still a subject of debate. The aim of this study is to review the incidence, pathogenesis, diagnosis, and methods of prevention of dysphagia in ACDF patients.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFInfect Prev Pract
September 2022
Third Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, "KAT" General Hospital of Athens, Nikis 2, 14561, Kifissia, Greece.
Introduction: Periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) is a devastating complication occurring in 1-2% of primary and up to 10% of revised total hip and knee arthroplasties (THA and TKA) impairing patient's quality of life. Occult infections are underdiagnosed, sub-treated and sub-clinically experienced by patients. This study aimed to correlate patients' clinical outcomes with early antibiotic treatment based on use or non-use of a sonication technique on explanted prostheses.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFLife (Basel)
July 2022
Department of Anesthesiology, Aretaieion University Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 11528 Athens, Greece.
: Spontaneous intracranial hypotension (SIH) is a rare syndrome characterized by heterogeneity of presentation and prognosis, which can occasionally result in serious complications, such as the formation of subdural hematomas (SDHs). This case series aims to emphasize that SIH remains a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge; it can present with a broad clinical spectrum of symptoms, can lead to SDH and, if conservative treatment fails, an epidural blood patch (EBP) is a viable treatment option. Although the exact etiology of SIH is not known, it is believed to be due to cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leak or a low CSF pressure.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIUBMB Life
October 2022
Laboratory of Cell Proliferation and Ageing, Institute of Biosciences and Applications, National Centre for Scientific Research "Demokritos", Athens, Greece.
Radiotherapy is widely used for the treatment of breast cancer. However, we have shown that ionizing radiation can provoke premature senescence in breast stromal cells. In particular, breast stromal fibroblasts can become senescent after irradiation both in vitro and in vivo and they express an inflammatory phenotype and an altered profile of extracellular matrix components, thus facilitating tumor progression.
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May 2022
3rd Orthopaedic Department, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, KAT General Hospital of Athens, Athens, GRC.
Foot and ankle tumors are relatively rare. Nevertheless, the calcaneus is a prevalent location accommodating various lesions. Reactional periostitis of the lateral wall is rarely encountered but can potentially mimic a wide variety of tumors.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFInt J Mol Sci
May 2022
First Department of Pathology, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 75 Mikras Asias Street, 11527 Athens, Greece.
Musculoskeletal sarcomas represent rare heterogenous malignancies of mesenchymal origin that can be divided in two distinct subtypes, bone and soft tissue sarcomas. Current treatment options combine the surgical excision of local tumors and multidrug chemotherapy to prevent metastatic widespread disease. Due to the grim prognosis that usually accompanies such tumors, researchers have attempted to shed light on the molecular pathways implicated in their pathogenesis in order to develop novel, innovative, personalized therapeutic strategies.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Clin Med
January 2022
Laboratory for Research of the Musculoskeletal System, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 14561 Athens, Greece.
J Clin Densitom
August 2022
Laboratory for Research of the Musculoskeletal System "Th. Garofalidis", Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, KAT General Hospital of Athens, Athens, Greece; 5th Orthopaedic Department, HYGEIA Hospital, Athens, Greece.
Collagen peptides (CPs) have been shown to potentially have a role as a treatment option in osteopenia. In the present randomized prospective study, we examined the effect of calcium, vitamin D with and without CPs supplementation on changes in volumetric bone mineral density (vBMD) and bone geometry assessed by peripheral quantitative computed tomography at the tibia, areal bone mineral density (aBMD) assessed by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry at the lumbar spine and the hip and bone turnover markers over 12-mo. Fifty-one postmenopausal women with osteopenia were allocated to Group A who received orally 5 g CPs, 500 mg calcium and 400 IU vitamin D3 and Group B who received the same dose of calcium and vitamin D3 per day.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFInt J Mol Sci
October 2021
First Department of Pathology, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 75, Mikras Asias Street, Bld 10, Goudi, 11527 Athens, Greece.
Soft tissue and bone sarcomas represent a group of aggressive neoplasms often accompanied by dismal patient prognosis, especially when distant metastases are present. Moreover, effective treatment can pose a challenge, as recurrences are frequent and almost half of patients present with advanced disease. Researchers have unveiled the molecular abnormalities implicated in sarcomas' carcinogenesis, paving the way for novel treatment strategies based on each individual tumor's characteristics.
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June 2021
3rd Orthopedic Department, University of Athens, KAT General Hospital of Athens, Athens, GRC.
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is an enormous challenge for health care systems worldwide. Although it is widely accepted that orthopedic service has been reduced during the COVID-19 pandemic, little is known about the magnitude and qualitative characteristics of this reduction. The aim of the present study is to quantify the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on everyday orthopedic practice and to detect the qualitative details of this impact in order to provide data for appropriate planning of health care policy.
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April 2021
2nd Department of Orthopaedics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens School of Medicine, Athens, GRC.
The reconstruction of the hip joint in patients suffering from developmental hip dysplasia (DDH) is a demanding procedure and presents many challenges to the reconstructive surgeon. Higher rates of mechanical complications are present in this group of patients. The results of cemented and uncemented implants used in DDH patients are very promising, according to recent outcomes.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCancers (Basel)
April 2021
Laboratory of Cell Proliferation and Ageing, Institute of Biosciences and Applications, National Centre for Scientific Research "Demokritos", 15341 Athens, Greece.
Down-regulation of the small leucine-rich proteoglycan decorin in the stroma is considered a poor prognostic factor for breast cancer progression. Ionizing radiation, an established treatment for breast cancer, provokes the premature senescence of the adjacent to the tumor stromal fibroblasts. Here, we showed that senescent human breast stromal fibroblasts are characterized by the down-regulation of decorin at the mRNA and protein level, as well as by its decreased deposition in the pericellular extracellular matrix in vitro.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe present case is unique in that the fracture of the posteromedial talar tubercule involved the tibiotalar rather than the subtalar joint as described in existing reports, which underlines the need for acute management by the Orthopaedic Surgeon.
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