Combination treatment with an alpha-blocker plus an anticholinergic for bladder outlet obstruction: a prospective, randomized, controlled studyA Athanasopoulos
Department of Urology, University of Patras, School of Medicine, Patras, Greece
J Urol 169:2253-6. 2003
..The proposed combination appears to be an effective and relatively safe treatment option in patients with bladder outlet obstruction and detrusor instability...
- Efficacy of the InVance™ male sling in treating stress urinary incontinence: a three-year experience from a single centre
Anastasios Athanasopoulos
Department of Urology, Medical School, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich, USA
Urol Int 85:436-42. 2010
..The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of the InVance™ male sling in treating stress urinary incontinence...
- Long-term results of transvaginal colposuspension for the treatment of genuine stress incontinence combined with vaginal hysterectomy
A Athanasopoulos
Department of Urology, University of Patras, and Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, General Hospital of Patras Saint Andrew, Patras, Greece
Urol Int 71:41-4. 2003
..This technique is promising as an easy and minimally invasive surgical procedure for bladder neck suspension...
- Paranephric abscess during pregnancy: a case for a low-dose interventional CT
A Athanasopoulos
Urology Department, School of Medicine, University of Patras, and Medical Physics Department, University Hospital of Patras, Patras, Greece
Urol Int 73:185-7. 2004
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- The medical treatment of overactive bladder, including current and future treatments
Anastasios Athanasopoulos
University of Patras, Medical School, Department of Urology, Urodynamic Urology Unit, Patra, Greece
Expert Opin Pharmacother 12:1041-55. 2011
..Beta-adrenergic agents may be the next pharmacologic agents for OAB. However, many other areas of research may soon provide new pharmacological agents for OAB treatment...
- The relationship between the perineal length measurements and the urodynamic stress incontinence
A Athanasopoulos
School of Medicine, Department of Urology, University of Patras, Patras, Greece
Int Urol Nephrol 37:701-5. 2005
..The purpose of this study was to assess the relationship between the length of perineal body, the anal position index, the total fourchette-coccyx distance and the anal-coccyx length and female urodynamic stress urinary incontinence (USUI)...
- The pharmacotherapy of overactive bladder
Anastasios Athanasopoulos
University of Patras, Medical School, Department of Urology, 38 Papadiamantopoulou Str, Patras 26225, Greece 00302610 994668
Expert Opin Pharmacother 12:1003-5. 2011
..Pharmacotherapy will continue to play a major role in the treatment of OAB in the future...
- Effect of alfuzosin on female primary bladder neck obstruction
A Athanasopoulos
Department of Urology, Medical School, University of Patras, Patras, Greece
Int Urogynecol J Pelvic Floor Dysfunct 20:217-22. 2009
..Alfuzosin significantly improved urodynamic parameters and alleviated bother score in almost two thirds of patients with PBNO and can be an effective first-line treatment of this situation...
- Pharmacotherapy of urinary incontinence
Anastasios Athanasopoulos
Department of Urology, Medical School, University of Patras, Rio, Patras, Greece
Int Urogynecol J Pelvic Floor Dysfunct 20:475-82. 2009
..A significant percentage of patients with UI, mainly those with UUI and MUI, can be treated successfully with pharmacotherapy...
- Urethral diverticulum: a new complication associated with tension-free vaginal tape
A Athanasopoulos
Department of Urology, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, Mich, USA
Urol Int 81:480-2. 2008
..The possibility of a urethral diverticulum when postvoid incontinence occurs after the insertion of a TVT should be carefully evaluated...
- The use of a ureteral access sheath for the urethral dilatation and catheterization of difficult urethral strictures
Anastasios Athanasopoulos
Department of Urology, Medical School, University of Patras, Patras, Greece
Urol Int 83:359-61. 2009
..Conventional methods attempting to restore urethral patency often are unsuccessful and traumatize the urethral lumen...
- Antimuscarinics and bladder outlet obstruction: From a contraindication to an indication?
Anastasios Athanasopoulos
Urodynamic Urology Unit, Department of Urology, Medical School, University of Patras, Patras, Greece
Neurourol Urodyn 29:S46-50. 2010
..To review if the existing data support the new concept that antimuscarinic agents can be used for the treatment of bladder outlet obstruction (BOO) with coexisting overactive bladder (OAB)...
- Efficacy of the bulbourethral autologous sling in treating male stress urinary incontinence: a three-year experience from a single center
Anastasios Athanasopoulos
Department of Urology, Medical School, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA
Int Urol Nephrol 42:921-7. 2010
..To evaluate the efficacy of the bulbourethral rectus autologous sling in treating male stress urinary incontinence...
- The role of antimuscarinics in the management of men with symptoms of overactive bladder associated with concomitant bladder outlet obstruction: an update
Anastasios Athanasopoulos
Urodynamic Urology Unit, Department of Urology, Medical School, University of Patras, Patras, Greece
Eur Urol 60:94-105. 2011
..Safety issues of antimuscarinics in this subpopulation of men are also reviewed...
- Efficacy of apomorphine and sildenafil in men with nonarteriogenic erectile dysfunction. A comparative crossover study
P Perimenis
Department of Urology, University Hospital of Patras, Patras, Greece
Andrologia 36:106-10. 2004
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- Comparison of the efficacy of tolterodine and oxybutynin in different urodynamic severity grades of idiopathic detrusor overactivity
K Giannitsas
Departments of Urology and Medical Physics, Patras University, Patras, Greece
Eur Urol 46:776-82; discussion 782-3. 2004
..To compare the efficacy of tolterodine and oxybutynin in the treatment of specific, according to their urodynamic grade of severity, populations with overactive detrusor...
- Diabetic impotence treated by intracavernosal injections: high treatment compliance and increasing dosage of vaso-active drugs
P Perimenis
Department of Urology, University Hospital, Patras, Greece
Eur Urol 40:398-402; discussion 403. 2001
..To compare patient compliance with treatment and the dosages of vaso-active drugs used, for the management of impotence in diabetic and non-diabetic patients...
- Erectile dysfunction in men with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome: a randomized study of the efficacy of sildenafil and continuous positive airway pressure
P Perimenis
Department of Urology, Medical School, University of Patras, Rio, Greece
Int J Impot Res 16:256-60. 2004
..While about half of the patients were not satisfied even with the more effective treatment, we conclude that a combination of the two therapeutic tools or a different therapeutic mode should be studied further...
- A comparative, crossover study of the efficacy and safety of sildenafil and apomorphine in men with evidence of arteriogenic erectile dysfunction
P Perimenis
Departments of Urology, University of Patras, Patras, Grece
Int J Impot Res 16:2-7. 2004
..The fact that one out of five patients is not satisfied with the above-studied drugs shows that new oral agents need to be evaluated for the treatment of this disorder...
- Long-term treatment with intracavernosal injections in diabetic men with erectile dysfunction
P Perimenis
Department of Urology, University Hospital, Patras, Greece
Asian J Androl 8:219-24. 2006
..To assess the behavior of patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) and erectile dysfunction (ED) during 10 consecutive years of treatment with self-injection of vasoactive drugs...
- Sildenafil test: changes in the diagnostic and therapeutic management of erectile dysfunction
P Perimenis
Department of Urology, Medical School, University of Patras, Greece
Int Urol Nephrol 33:387-9. 2001
..To assess the efficacy of sildenafil as a first-step diagnostic and therapeutic tool for erectile dysfunction (ED) and to evaluate the consequent changes in the management of male sexual insufficiency...
- Doxazosin for the management of distal-ureteral stones
E N Liatsikos
Department of Urology, University of Patras, School of Medicine, Patras, Greece
J Endourol 21:538-41. 2007
..To evaluate the efficacy of doxazosin in inducing spontaneous passage of stones in the distal ureter and to compare its efficacy according to the size of the stone...
- Gore-Tex sling urethral suspension in type III female urinary incontinence: clinical results and urodynamic changes
G A Barbalias
Department of Urology, University of Patras, School of Medicine, Greece
Int Urogynecol J Pelvic Floor Dysfunct 8:344-50. 1997
..In the remaining 17 patients no erosion was observed and no irritative symptoms were reported. The urodynamic evaluation revealed an excellent postoperative result both 6 months and 30 months after surgery...
- Switching from long-term treatment with self-injections to oral sildenafil in diabetic patients with severe erectile dysfunction
P Perimenis
Department of Urology, Medical School, University of Patras, 26500 Rio, Patras, Greece
Eur Urol 41:387-91. 2002
..To assess the efficacy of oral sildenafil in diabetic men with severe erectile dysfunction (ED), who are successfully treated with intracavernous injections of vasoactive drugs...
- The incidence of pharmacologically induced priapism in the diagnostic and therapeutic management of 685 men with erectile dysfunction
P Perimenis
Department of Urology, Medical School, University of Patras, Greece
Urol Int 66:27-9. 2001
..5 mg of Pap. Auto-injection therapy however is a safe kind of treatment in well-experienced patients. Careful regulation of the doses and practice in the use of vaso-active drugs may reduce the priapism rate...
- Effect of subinguinal varicocelectomy on sperm parameters and pregnancy rate: a two-group study
P Perimenis
Department of Urology, School of Medicine, University of Patras, GR-26500 Rio, Patras, Greece
Eur Urol 39:322-5. 2001
..3% of the nonoperated. CONCLUSIONS: Varicocelectomy improves all semen parameters and pregnancy rates significantly. Palpable varicoceles should be operated upon when found in infertile couples...
- Primary echinococcal disease of the kidney: the case for a more conservative approach
P Perimenis
Department of Urology, Patras University Hospital, Rio, Greece
Int Urol Nephrol 32:609-13. 2001
..To evaluate conservative management of renal echinococcosis in cases with normal renal function and active disease...
- Peyronie's disease: epidemiology and clinical presentation of 134 cases
P Perimenis
Department of Urology, University Hospital of Patras, Greece
Int Urol Nephrol 32:691-4. 2001
..To investigate epidemiological and clinical features of Peyronie's disease in an unselected group of patients not seen by a urologist before...
- Primary adrenal tuberculosis: role of computed tomography and CT-guided biopsy in diagnosis
E N Liatsikos
Department of Urology, School of Medicine, University of Patras, Patras, Greece
Urol Int 76:285-7. 2006
..The Mantoux reaction was positive but there was no evidence of lung or urinary infection. CT-guided biopsy of the left adrenal gland was performed and established the diagnosis of adrenal tuberculosis...
- Penile lipomas, cause of sexual dysfunction
P Perimenis
Department of Urology, Medical School, University of Patras, Patras, Greece
Int Urol Nephrol 34:3-4. 2002
..We report 2 cases of penile lipomas. Although the simultaneous sexual dysfunction proved to be phsychogenic their surgical excision improved their sexual life...
- The angiogenic switch for vascular endothelial growth factor-A and cyclooxygenase-2 in prostate carcinoma: correlation with microvessel density, androgen receptor content and Gleason grade
K Gyftopoulos
Department of Anatomy, University of Patras, School of Medicine, Patras, Greece kogyftop yahoo gr
Urol Int 87:464-9. 2011
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- Ureteral injuries during gynecologic surgery: treatment with a minimally invasive approach
E N Liatsikos
Department of Urology, University of Patras, School of Medicine, Patras, Greece
J Endourol 20:1062-7. 2006
..To report the safety and efficacy of percutaneous nephrostomy and primary antegrade recanalization for treatment of iatrogenic ureteral strictures after gynecologic surgery...
- Gabapentin in the management of the recurrent, refractory, idiopathic priapism
P Perimenis
Department of Urology, Medical School, University of Patras, Patras, Greece
Int J Impot Res 16:84-5. 2004
..He responded to treatment again and continues to be free of episodes for 9 months. Gabapentin may be a safe alternative for the management of refractory idiopathic priapism...
- Transvaginal colposuspension for the treatment of genuine stress incontinence combined with vaginal hysterectomy: a preliminary report
P Barlas
Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, General Hospital of Patras Saint Andreas, Greece
Int Urogynecol J Pelvic Floor Dysfunct 7:20-3. 1996
..The advantages of this new technique are that the cost of the needle is low, it can be applied in all cases where a vaginal approach is necessary, and the method of needle insertion avoids perforation of the bladder...
