Christos Apostolou

ORCID: 0000-0002-4196-0118
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Research Areas
  • Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research
  • Esophageal and GI Pathology
  • Pancreatitis Pathology and Treatment
  • Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes
  • Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders
  • Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment
  • Cholangiocarcinoma and Gallbladder Cancer Studies
  • Surgical Simulation and Training
  • Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments
  • Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes
  • Pediatric Hepatobiliary Diseases and Treatments
  • Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
  • Biliary and Gastrointestinal Fistulas
  • Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders
  • Radiation Dose and Imaging
  • Liver Disease and Transplantation
  • Metastasis and carcinoma case studies
  • Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments
  • Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia research
  • Ureteral procedures and complications
  • Abdominal vascular conditions and treatments
  • Soft tissue tumor case studies
  • Vascular Malformations and Hemangiomas
  • Renal cell carcinoma treatment
  • Global Health and Surgery

Radboud University Nijmegen
2022

Radboud University Medical Center
2022

Sydney Adventist Hospital
2022

Macquarie University
2022

Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital
2013-2022

UNSW Sydney
2020-2022

Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
2022

Western Sydney University
2020

The University of Sydney
2020

Hippocration General Hospital
2019

Isolated retroperitoneal cystic masses are uncommon with an estimated incidence of 1/5750 to 1/250,000. The majority present size related symptoms, complications, or a mass. Approximately third patients asymptomatic and diagnosed incidentally. Aetiologies (RPC) include mesenteric, omental, splenic enteric duplication cysts. Neoplastic RPCs can be divided into epithelial (mucinous serous cystadenoma), mesothelial (mesothelioma), germ cell (cystic teratoma) changes in solid neoplasm...

10.1186/s12893-015-0016-2 article EN cc-by BMC Surgery 2015-03-13

Abstract Background Gastric cancer is one of the leading causes cancer‐related deaths worldwide. Large Western trials have shown overall 5‐year survival rates 36–47%. Surgical resection remains mainstay curative treatment. We report outcomes at a single A ustralian centre. Methods analysed prospectively kept database patients after gastric for adenocarcinoma tertiary hospital. Disease‐specific ( DSS ) was considered primary end‐point. Results One hundred and seventy‐three underwent...

10.1111/ans.12693 article EN ANZ Journal of Surgery 2014-05-21

Diabetes is a recognised risk for several chronic and acute illnesses, including increased complications in surgery oesophageal cancer. Our primary aim to determine the impact of diabetes on postoperative surgical medical after oesophagectomy.All oesophagectomies malignancy as reflected 2016-2018 American College Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (ACS NSQIP) datasets were extracted analysed. Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes used 1) open procedures (43107,...

10.7759/cureus.21559 article EN Cureus 2022-01-24

Hepatitis E is considered an emerging disease that may be a threat in both developing and industrialized countries all over the world. The risk of chronic hepatitis virus infection higher among immunocompromised patients. This study aimed to assess status patients with transfusion‐dependent thalassaemia from single centre, Greece. Our results suggest prevalence this group low.

10.1111/vox.12572 article EN Vox Sanguinis 2017-09-10

Renal Cell Carcinoma (RCC) accounts for approximately 90% of primary renal malignancies, which the clear cell subtype is most common. While metastatic disease common at time diagnosis and generally confers a poor prognosis, RCC may demonstrate relatively indolent behaviour present many years after resection tumour, including to pancreas. The available literature suggested that surgical was appropriate select patients, those with solitary pancreatic metastasis, minimal comorbidities...

10.18203/2349-2902.isj20221901 article EN International Surgery Journal 2022-07-26

Clinical, evolutive and therapeutical aspects were studied, of 66 cases patients with pancreatic pseudocysts hospitalized in the clinic over a period 27 years. Particular modalities onset were, those duodenal stenosis, mechanical jaundice, ascites pleurisy, whom symptomatology suggested kidney or cholecystic disease. The intraoperative diagnosis raises problem differentiating retroperitoneal tumor, identifying possible association cancer, condition when are found at certain distance from...

10.1007/springerreference_108979 article EN SpringerReference 2012-01-20

Background: Alpha-thalassaemia is inherited as an autosomal recessive disorder characterised by a microcytic hypochromic anaemia, and the clinical phenotype varies from almost asymptomatic to lethal haemolytic anaemia. It probably most common monogenic gene in world. Several mutations have been described that can affect globin expression any step many of those are rare causes alpha thalassaemia. Aims: 28 patients diagnosed with Hb H disease (14 males 14 females) 1986 2019 at regions Central...

10.1097/01.hs9.0000568116.00399.13 article EN cc-by-nc-nd HemaSphere 2019-06-01

Background: Chronic neutrophilic leukemia (CNL) is a rare myeloproliferative neoplasm, for which current WHO diagnostic criteria include leukocytosis of ≥25 × 10 9 /L ≥80% are neutrophils, with <10% circulating neutrophil precursors blasts rarely observed. In addition, there no dysplasia, nor clinical or molecular other neoplasms. The true incidence CNL unknown, but only 200 cases have been reported.Sickle cell disease (SCD) hereditary hemoglobinopathy characterized by abnormal hemoglobin...

10.1097/01.hs9.0000567724.63782.40 article EN cc-by-nc-nd HemaSphere 2019-06-01
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