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  1. Successful closure of a complicated duodenal ulcer perforation with an expandable esophageal stent

    Article • Asian Journal of Endoscopic Surgery, August 2018, Wiley

    Dr Katerina Kotzampassi

  2. Bronchoesophageal fistula due to metastatic mediastinal lymphadenitis

    Article • Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery, September 2017, Wiley

    Dr Katerina Kotzampassi

  3. Unexpected Failure Events in Surgical Patients: Failure of the System or of the Patient?

    Article • Asian Journal of Medicine and Health, January 2017, Sciencedomain International

    Dr Katerina Kotzampassi

  4. Depression and Intragastric Balloon Treatment

    Article • January 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Katerina Kotzampassi

  5. Intragastric Balloon for Management of Severe Obesity: Letter to the Editor

    Article • Obesity Surgery, November 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Katerina Kotzampassi

  6. Weight Loss: Maintenance of Loss, but for How Long?

    Article • Bariatric Surgical Practice and Patient Care, September 2016, Mary Ann Liebert Inc

    Dr Katerina Kotzampassi

  7. Soluble urokinase plasminogen activator receptor informs on the progression course after multiple injuries

    Article • Biomarkers, April 2016, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Katerina Kotzampassi

  8. Good nutritional status versus malnutrition/sarcopenia affect hospitalization

    Article • European Journal of Cancer Care, March 2016, Wiley

    Dr Katerina Kotzampassi

  9. Not stretch, just fill

    Article • Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases, March 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Katerina Kotzampassi

  10. Gut microbiome, surgical complications and probiotics

    Article • Annals of Gastroenterology, January 2016, Hellenic Society of Gastroenterology

    Dr Katerina Kotzampassi

  11. PERCUTANEOUS ENDOSCOPIC GASTROSTOMY IN DEMENTIA SUFFERING GREEK INDIVIDUALS

    Article • International Journal of Surgery and Medicine, January 2016, ScopeMed International Medical Journal Management and Indexing System

    Dr Katerina Kotzampassi

  12. The role of probiotics in the prevention of severe infections following abdominal surgery

    Article • International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents, December 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Katerina Kotzampassi

  13. Intraperitoneal application of phospholipids for the prevention of postoperative adhesions: a possible role of myofibroblasts

    Article • Journal of Surgical Research, August 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Katerina Kotzampassi

  14. Homemade specimen retrieval bag for laparoscopic cholecystectomy: A solution in the time of fiscal crisis

    Article • Asian Journal of Endoscopic Surgery, April 2015, Wiley

    Dr Katerina Kotzampassi

  15. A Four-Probiotics Regimen Reduces Postoperative Complications After Colorectal Surgery: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study

    Article • Extremophiles, April 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Katerina Kotzampassi

  16. Tissue sealants in endoscopic applications for anastomotic leakage during a 25-year period

    Article • Surgery, January 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Katerina Kotzampassi

  17. Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy Through the Sinus Tract of a Surgical Gastrostomy

    Article • Clinical Endoscopy, January 2015, The Korean Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (KAMJE)

    Dr Katerina Kotzampassi

  18. Randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study of the efficacy of four probiotics to modify the risk for postoperative complications in colorectal surgery

    Article • Critical Care, January 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Katerina Kotzampassi

  19. Pressure Ulcers and Malnutrition: Results from a Snapshot Sampling in a University Hospital

    Article • Medical Principles and Practice, November 2014, Karger Publishers

    Dr Katerina Kotzampassi

  20. Looking into the Profile of Those Who Succeed in Losing Weight with an Intragastric Balloon

    Article • Journal of Laparoendoscopic & Advanced Surgical Techniques, May 2014, Mary Ann Liebert Inc

    Dr Katerina Kotzampassi

  21. An Audit of Operating Room Time Utilization in a Teaching Hospital: Is There a Place for Improvement?

    Article • ISRN Surgery, January 2014, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Dr Katerina Kotzampassi

  22. Obesity as a Consequence of Gut Bacteria and Diet Interactions

    Article • ISRN Obesity, January 2014, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Dr Katerina Kotzampassi

  23. Prognostic Indices of Poor Nutritional Status and Their Impact on Prolonged Hospital Stay in a Greek University Hospital

    Article • BioMed Research International, January 2014, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Dr Katerina Kotzampassi

  24. Influence of apneic oxygenation on cardiorespiratory system homeostasis

    Article • Journal of Anesthesia, September 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Katerina Kotzampassi

  25. Candida albicanscolonization on an intragastric balloon

    Article • Asian Journal of Endoscopic Surgery, July 2013, Wiley

    Dr Katerina Kotzampassi

  26. Modulation of the release of Ang-2 in experimental endotoxic shock by a species-specific circulating factor

    Article • Injury, July 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Katerina Kotzampassi

  27. The Impact of Weight Loss on Depression Status in Obese Individuals Subjected to Intragastric Balloon Treatment

    Article • Obesity Surgery, January 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Katerina Kotzampassi

  28. Bacteria and Obesity: The Proportion Makes the Difference

    Article • Surgery Current Research, January 2013, OMICS Publishing Group

    Dr Katerina Kotzampassi

  29. Pharmacobezoar in an obese patient with intragastric balloon: a case revealed at endoscopy

    Article • Clinical Obesity, October 2012, Wiley

    Dr Katerina Kotzampassi

  30. Probiotics for infectious diseases: more drugs, less dietary supplementation

    Article • International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents, October 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Katerina Kotzampassi

  31. Intragastric Balloon Fundal or Antral Position Affects Weight Loss and Tolerability

    Article • Obesity Surgery, February 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Katerina Kotzampassi

  32. 500 Intragastric Balloons: What Happens 5 Years Thereafter?

    Article • Obesity Surgery, January 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Katerina Kotzampassi

  33. Risk assessment in sepsis: a new prognostication rule by APACHE II score and serum soluble urokinase plasminogen activator receptor

    Article • Critical Care, January 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Katerina Kotzampassi

  34. The Attica Tollway Operations Authority KPI Performance System

    Article • Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, January 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Katerina Kotzampassi

  35. Procalcitonin as an early indicator of outcome in sepsis: a prospective observational study

    Article • Journal of Hospital Infection, January 2011, Elsevier

    Dr Katerina Kotzampassi

  36. Impact of synbiotics on the intestinal flora of critically ill patients with multiple injuries

    Article • International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents, July 2010, Elsevier

    Dr Katerina Kotzampassi

  37. Improving triangulation in notes by triple access

    Article • Hellenic Journal of Surgery, April 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Katerina Kotzampassi

  38. Beneficial effect of sevoflurane on endotoxin-induced pulmonary hypertension

    Article • Critical Care, January 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Katerina Kotzampassi

  39. Bispectral Index Scale alterations in brain death patients

    Article • Critical Care, January 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Katerina Kotzampassi

  40. Pro- and Synbiotics to Control Inflammation and Infection in Patients With Multiple Injuries

    Article • Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, October 2009, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr Katerina Kotzampassi

  41. Effects of Lactobacillus acidophilus on gut microflora metabolic biomarkers in fed and fasted rats

    Article • Clinical Nutrition, June 2009, Elsevier

    Dr Katerina Kotzampassi

  42. Oxidative stress due to anesthesia and surgical trauma: Importance of early enteral nutrition

    Article • Molecular Nutrition & Food Research, June 2009, Wiley

    Dr Katerina Kotzampassi

  43. A circulating factor modulates apoptosis of lymphocytes and monocytes after multiple trauma

    Article • Critical Care, January 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Katerina Kotzampassi

  44. Angiopoietin-2 is a mediator involved in the advent of hypotension following endotoxin shock

    Article • Critical Care, January 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Katerina Kotzampassi

  45. Endoscopic fibrin sealing of gastrocutaneous fistulas after sleeve gastrectomy and biliopancreatic diversion with duodenal switch

    Article • Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, December 2008, Wiley

    Dr Katerina Kotzampassi

  46. Evidence for the Participation of Soluble Triggering Receptor Expressed on Myeloid Cells-1 in the Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome After Multiple Trauma

    Article • Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, December 2008, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr Katerina Kotzampassi

  47. Kinetics of Angiopoietin-2 in serum of multi-trauma patients: Correlation with patient severity

    Article • Cytokine, November 2008, Elsevier

    Dr Katerina Kotzampassi

  48. Intragastric Balloon: Ethics, Medical Need and Cosmetics

    Article • Digestive Diseases, January 2008, Karger Publishers

    Dr Katerina Kotzampassi

  49. Albumin versus colloids in colon surgery patients: preliminary results

    Article • Critical Care, January 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Katerina Kotzampassi

  50. Retroperitoneal Compartment Pressure Elevation Impairs Pancreatic Tissue Blood Flow

    Article • Pancreas, August 2007, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr Katerina Kotzampassi

  51. Enteral nutrition affects nitric oxide production in peripheral blood and liver after a postoperative lipopolysaccharide-induced endotoxemia in rats

    Article • Nutrition, July 2007, Elsevier

    Dr Katerina Kotzampassi, Dr George Notas

  52. Benefits of a Synbiotic Formula (Synbiotic 2000Forte®) in Critically Ill Trauma Patients: Early Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial

    Article • Extremophiles, September 2006, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Katerina Kotzampassi

  53. Hepatic microcirculation after continuous 7-day elevated intra-abdominal pressure in cirrhotic rats

    Article • Hepatology Research, June 2005, Elsevier

    Dr Katerina Kotzampassi

  54. Temporary stenting of acquired benign tracheoesophageal fistulas in critically ill ventilated patients

    Article • Surgical Endoscopy, May 2005, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Katerina Kotzampassi

  55. ENTERAL NUTRITION AFFECTS NITRIC OXIDE LEVELS IN PERIPHERAL BLOOD AND LIVER AFTER A POSTOPERATIVE SEPSIS

    Article • Shock, March 2004, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr Katerina Kotzampassi

  56. INTRAPERITONEAL PHOSPHOLIPIDS FOR POST-OPERATIVE ADHESION PREVENTION. ANTI-INFLAMMATORY OR IMMUNOMODULATORY PROPERTIES?

    Article • Shock, March 2004, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr Katerina Kotzampassi

  57. Endoscopic management of gastrocutaneous fistula after bariatric surgery by using a fibrin sealant

    Article • Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, February 2004, Elsevier

    Dr Katerina Kotzampassi

  58. The influence of continuous seven-day elevated intra-abdominal pressure in the renal perfusion in cirrhotic rats

    Article • Journal of Surgical Research, November 2003, Elsevier

    Dr Katerina Kotzampassi

  59. The impact of α-tocopherol on radiation-induced liver injury

    Article • Nutrition Research, January 2003, Elsevier

    Dr Katerina Kotzampassi

  60. Effect of a novel NSAID derivative with antioxidant moiety on oxidative damage caused by liver and cerebral ischaemia-reperfusion in rats

    Article • Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, August 2002, Wiley

    Dr Katerina Kotzampassi

  61. Therapeutic Fistuloscopy: An Alternative Approach in the Management of Postoperative Fistulas

    Article • Digestive Surgery, January 2002, Karger Publishers

    Dr Katerina Kotzampassi

  62. Endoscopic Fibrin Sealing of High-output Non- healing Gastrocutaneous Fistulas after Vertical Gastroplasty in Morbidly Obese Patients

    Article • Obesity Surgery, December 2001, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Katerina Kotzampassi

  63. Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy after abdominal surgery

    Article • Surgical Endoscopy, February 2001, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Katerina Kotzampassi

  64. Sustained reduction of portal pressure by administration of octreotide-LAR in portal hypertensive rats

    Article • Hepatology Research, February 2001, Elsevier

    Dr Katerina Kotzampassi

  65. Deterioration of Visceral Perfusion Caused by Intra-Abdominal Hypertension in Pigs Ventilated with Positive End-Expiratory Pressure

    Article • Surgery Today, November 2000, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Katerina Kotzampassi

  66. Enteral nutrition ameliorates hepatic oxygenation and bioenergy status in endotoxic dogs

    Article • Nutrition Research, June 2000, Elsevier

    Dr Katerina Kotzampassi

  67. Sustained reduction of portal pressure by administration of octreotide — LAR in portal hypertensive rats

    Article • Gastroenterology, April 2000, Elsevier

    Dr Katerina Kotzampassi

  68. Modulation of intravariceal pressure with pentoxifylline: a possible new approach in the treatment of portal hypertension

    Article • The American Journal of Gastroenterology, December 1998, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr Katerina Kotzampassi

  69. Blood digestion-induced splanchnic hyperemia and portal blood flow in portal hypertensive rats and the role of octreotide

    Article • Journal of Gastroenterology, September 1998, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Katerina Kotzampassi

  70. Influence of Pneumoperitoneum on the Mesenteric Circulation

    Article • January 1998, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Katerina Kotzampassi

  71. Long-Term Measurement of Liver Microcirculation in Dogs and Humans

    Article • Digestive Surgery, January 1998, Karger Publishers

    Dr Katerina Kotzampassi

  72. Influence of Enteral Nutrition-induced Splanchnic Hyperemia on the Septic Origin of Splanchnic Ischemia

    Article • Extremophiles, January 1998, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Katerina Kotzampassi

  73. Portal Hypertensive Colopathy: A Recently Recognized Entity

    Article • Endoscopy, May 1997, Thieme Publishing Group

    Dr Katerina Kotzampassi

  74. Reply to Eleftheriadis and Kotzampassi

    Article • Endoscopy, May 1997, Thieme Publishing Group

    Dr Katerina Kotzampassi

  75. Splanchnic ischemia during laparoscopic cholecystectomy

    Article • Surgical Endoscopy, March 1996, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Katerina Kotzampassi

  76. Splanchnic ischemia during laparoscopic cholecystectomy

    Article • Surgical Endoscopy, March 1996, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Katerina Kotzampassi

  77. Octreotide and Pancreatic Perfusion on the Outcome of Experimental Acute Pancreatitis

    Article • Digestive Surgery, January 1996, Karger Publishers

    Dr Katerina Kotzampassi

  78. Gut Ischemia, Oxidative Stress, and Bacterial Translocation in Elevated Abdominal Pressure in Rats

    Article • Extremophiles, January 1996, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Katerina Kotzampassi

  79. Increased capillary endothelial leakage in portal hypertensive gastric mucosa: fluorescence microscopy in CCl4-induced cirrhotic rats

    Article • Research in Experimental Medicine, December 1995, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Katerina Kotzampassi

  80. Bile loss does not affect serum and bile pefoloxacin levels in external biliary drainage patients

    Article • Journal of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery, September 1995, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Katerina Kotzampassi

  81. Duodenal Ulcer Perfusion During the Healing Process - An Endoscopic Laser-Doppler Flowmetry Study

    Article • Endoscopy, August 1993, Thieme Publishing Group

    Dr Katerina Kotzampassi

  82. Portal Hypertensive Colopathy ?Endoscopic, Hernodynamic and Morphometric Study?

    Article • Digestive Endoscopy, July 1993, Wiley

    Dr Katerina Kotzampassi

  83. Hemodynamic events in the peritoneal environment during pneumoperitoneum in dogs

    Article • Surgical Endoscopy, January 1993, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Katerina Kotzampassi

  84. Gastric mucosal blood flow distribution in the CCl4-induced cirrhotic rat—a model of portal hypertensive gastropathy?

    Article • Research in Experimental Medicine, December 1992, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Katerina Kotzampassi

  85. Experimental and Clinical Evaluation of Capsular and Parenchymal Total Liver Perfusion

    Article • HPB Surgery, January 1992, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Dr Katerina Kotzampassi

  86. Colloidal bismuth subcitrate-induced changes on gastric mucosal hemodynamics in the rat: Gastric mucosal blood flow after CBS treatment

    Article • Gastroenterologia Japonica, June 1991, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Katerina Kotzampassi

  87. Effects of famotidine on gastric mucus of the rat

    Article • Research in Experimental Medicine, December 1990, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Katerina Kotzampassi

  88. The ‘mosaic-like’ pattern of portal hypertensive gastric mucosa after variceal eradication by sclerotherapy

    Article • Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, December 1990, Wiley

    Dr Katerina Kotzampassi

  89. Congestive Gastropathy and Antral Varices: Is there an Association?

    Article • Endoscopy, September 1989, Thieme Publishing Group

    Dr Katerina Kotzampassi

  90. La cholangioscopie perorale chez les patients porteurs d’une cholédochoduodénostomie

    Article • Acta Endoscopica, March 1988, Lavoisier

    Dr Katerina Kotzampassi

  91. Common Bile-Duct Mucosa in Choledochoduodenostomy Patients — Histological and Histochemical Study

    Article • HPB Surgery, January 1988, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Dr Katerina Kotzampassi

  92. Endoscopic observations of the residual cavity after liver hydatid disease surgery

    Article • Surgical Endoscopy, January 1988, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Katerina Kotzampassi

  93. Choledochoscopy in intrabiliary rupture of hydatid cyst of the liver

    Article • Surgical Endoscopy, January 1987, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Katerina Kotzampassi

  94. Rigid or Flexible Choledochoscopy?

    Article • Endoscopy, November 1985, Thieme Publishing Group

    Dr Katerina Kotzampassi

  95. Malonaldehyde, lipid oxidation, and the thiobarbituric acid test

    Article • Oil & Soap, March 1974, Wiley

    Dr Katerina Kotzampassi