Konstantinos Economopoulos MD PhD, MEng

PubMed

• Venous Thromboembolic Events Following Revisional Gastric Bypass: An Analysis of the MBSAQIP Database from 2015 to 2019 Using Propensity Matching.
  Konstantinos P Economopoulos, Nova Szoka, Shaina R Eckhouse, Maryna Chumakova-Orin, Maragatha Kuchibhatla
  Obesity Surgery. 2024-12-01
• Minimizing the Risk of Postoperative Urinary Retention After Inguinal Hernia Repair-2 Myths and an Opportunity.
  Konstantinos P Economopoulos, Jacob A Greenberg
  JAMA Surgery. 2023-08-01
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  A Portable Negative Pressure Isolation System as a Solution to Minimize Exposure of Health Care Providers to Infectious Pathogens.
  Konstantinos P Economopoulos, Paul Fearis, W Neal Simmons, Eric S Richardson, Sean P Montgomery
  The American Surgeon. 2022-08-01

Journal Articles

• Robotic Versus Laparoscopic Adrenalectomy: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis (letter)  
  Economopoulos K.P., Stamou A., Sergentanis T.N. Re: Brandao LF, Autorino R, Laydner H, et al, Eur Urol, 1/1/2015
• Continuous versus cyclic oral contraceptive for the treatment of endometriosis : a systematic review  
  Zorbas K.A., Economopoulos K.P., Vlahos N.F., Arch Gynecol Obstet, 1/1/2015
• The 2014 RAS-ACS annual essay contest: When I want to quit and why I don't  
  Economopoulos K.P., Bull Am Coll Surg, 1/1/2015
• Single incision laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy: a systematic review  
  Stefanopoulos A., Economopoulos K.P., Kalles V., Obes Surg, 1/1/2015
• Transumbilical Roux-en-Y gastric bypass in bariatric patients: a systematic review  
  Doulamis I.P., Economopoulos K.P., Int J Surg, 1/1/2015
• Hobnail Variant of Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma: An Institutional Case Series and Molecular Profile  
  Lubitz CC, Economopoulos KP, Pawlak AC, Lynch K, Dias-Santagata D, Faquin WC, Sadow PM, Thyroid, 1/1/2014
• General surgery residency and international medical graduates: a perspective from Greece (letter)  
  Economopoulos K.P., Linos D., Surgery, 1/1/2012
• Surgical leadership across generations  
  Prabhakaran S., Economopoulos K.P., Grabo D.J., Sakran J.V., Bulletin of the American College of Surgeons, 1/1/2012
• The fatal disease of Emperor Galerius  
  Kousoulis A., Economopoulos K.P., Hatzinger M., Eshraghian A., Tsiodras S., Journal of the American College of Surgeons, 1/1/2012
• Plague of Thebes: the first report of a historical epidemic in Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex  
  Kousoulis A.A., Economopoulos K.P., Poulakou-Rebelakou E., Androutsos G., Tsiodras S., Emerg Infect Dis, 1/1/2012
• Methodological remarks concerning the recent meta-analysis on Carotid Artery Stenting vs Carotid Endarterectomy (letter)  
  Economopoulos K.P., Sergentanis T.N., JAMA Neurol, 1/1/2011
• A remark about CYP1A1 Thr461Asn genotype frequencies in a recent endometrial cancer case-control study (letter)  
  Economopoulos K.P., Sergentanis T.N., Cancer Epidemiol, 1/1/2011
• Meta-analysis of association between TP53 Arg72Pro polymorphism and bladder cancer risk (letter)  
  Sergentanis T.N., Economopoulos K.P. Re: Jiang et al, Urology, 1/1/2011
• Completion of the Patient Scar Assessment Scale via a Telephone Interview (letter)  
  Economopoulos K.P., JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg, 1/1/2011
• Response to Letter by Makris et al Regarding Article: “Carotid artery stenting versus carotid endarterectomy: a comprehensive meta-analysis of short-term and long-term...  
  Economopoulos K.P., Sergentanis T.N, Tsivgoulis G., Stroke, 1/1/2011
• Validating the meta-analytical results on MDM2, CASP8, XRCC3 polymorphisms and breast cancer risk: examination of Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium (letter)  
  Sergentanis T.N., Economopoulos K.P., Breast Cancer Res Treat, 1/1/2011
• Manual high-dose isolated intraoperative thrombolysis in acute lower limb ischemia without cannulation of the deep venous system  
  Bakoyiannis C.N., Kafeza M., Economopoulos K.P., Tsekouras N., Georgopoulos S., Papalambros E., Ann Vasc Surg, 1/1/2011
• Cytochrome P450 1A1 (CYP1A1) gene polymorphisms and endometrial cancer risk: a meta-analysis  
  Sergentanis T.N., Economopoulos K.P., Choussein S., Vlahos N.F., Int J Gynecol Cancer, 1/1/2011
• Methodological Remarks on The Recent Meta-analysis Examining The Association Between Glutathione-S-Transferase M1 Polymorphism and Sporadic Colorectal Cancer Risk (let...  
  Sergentanis T.N., Economopoulos K.P., Ann Epidemiol, 1/1/2011
• Cyclin D1 G870A polymorphism and breast cancer risk: a meta-analysis comprising 9,911 cases and 11,171 controls  
  Sergentanis T.N., Economopoulos K.P., Mol Biol Reports, 1/1/2011
• Response to Letter by Antonopoulos et al Regarding Article: “Carotid artery stenting versus carotid endarterectomy: a comprehensive meta-analysis of short-term and lon...  
  Economopoulos K.P., Sergentanis T.N, Tsivgoulis G., Stroke, 1/1/2011
• Eligible and not eligible studies in the recent meta-analysis about p53 polymorphism and breast cancer risk (letter)  
  Sergentanis T.N., Economopoulos K.P., Breast Cancer Res Treat, 1/1/2010
• Does race modify the association between CYP1B1 Val432Leu polymorphism and breast cancer risk? A critical appraisal of a recent meta-analysis (letter)  
  Economopoulos K.P., Sergentanis T.N., Breast Cancer Res Treat, 1/1/2010
• Glutathione S-transferase P1 Ile105Val polymorphism and breast cancer risk: convergence and divergence of the two recent meta-analyses (letter)  
  Economopoulos K.P., Sergentanis T.N., Breast Cancer Res Treat, 1/1/2010
• Methodological remarks concerning the recent meta-analysis on p53 codon 72 polymorphism and colorectal cancer risk (letter)  
  Economopoulos K.P., Sergentanis T.N., Eur J Surg Oncol, 1/1/2010
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Books/Book Chapters

• Surgical Endocrinopathies: Clinical Management and the Founding Figures 
  Chapter: Primary Aldosteronism 
  Page 203.0 - 210.0Economopoulos K.P., Lubitz C.C.Editors: J.L. Pasieka & J. Lee.Springer Berlin, HeidelbergEdition 1st,2014
• Minimally Invasive Thyroidectomy 
  Chapter: Endoscopic thyroidectomy in the neck 
  Page 113.0 - 117.0Economopoulos K.P., Linos D.Editors: D. Linos, W. Chung.Springer Berlin, HeidelbergEdition 1st,2012

Abstracts/Posters

• Airbag related injuries: systematic review of the literature and official data from Greece
  Economopoulos K, 14th Scientific Meeting of Greek Medical Students, Athens, Greece, 1/1/2008
• Chronic mesenteric ischemia: report of two cases and systematic review of the literature
  Economopoulos K, XIII World Congress of the International Union of Angiology, Athens, Greece, 1/1/2008
• Guided remote endarterectomy for superficial femoral artery occlusions: preliminary results
  Economopoulos K, XIII World Congress of the International Union of Angiology, Athens, Greece, 1/1/2008
• Endovascular versus open repair of ruptured or symptomatic abdominal aortic aneurysms: an updated meta-analysis
  Economopoulos K, XIII World Congress of the International Union of Angiology, Athens, Greece, 1/1/2008
• Carotid endarterectomy versus carotid angioplasty with or without stenting for treatment of carotid stenosis: an updated meta-analysis
  Economopoulos K, XIII World Congress of the International Union of Angiology, Athens, Greece, 1/1/2008
• Transradial access for carotid artery stenting: report of 9 cases
  Economopoulos K, International Vascular and Endovascular Course (IVEC), Milan, Italy, 1/1/2008
• Ovarian ablation or ovarian suppression versus chemotherapy for hormone receptor positive operable breast cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized c...
  Economopoulos K, ESMO Conference Lugano (ECLU), Lugano, Switzerland, 1/1/2007
• Childhood Sarcomas
  Economopoulos K, 18th Panhellenic Conference of Greek Company of Social Pediatrics & Promotion of Health, Iraklio Crete, Greece, 1/1/2006
• Childhood and Adolescent Leukemia and Lymphomas
  Economopoulos K, 18th Panhellenic Conference of Greek Company of Social Pediatrics & Promotion of Health, Iraklio Crete, Greece, 1/1/2006
• The use of PET/CT in the management of non-small cell lung cancer
  Economopoulos K, 3rd Annual Scientific Meeting of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Medical School, Athens, Greece, 1/1/2006
• Screening for urinary bladder cancer with the use of nuclear matrix protein (NMP) 22: Is it feasible?
  Stefanopoulos A.K., Economopoulos K.P., 11th Annual conference of the International Society for the Prevention of Tobacco Induced Diseases (ISPTID), Athens, Greece, 1/9./2013
• Intestinal Alkaline Phosphatase in prevention of antibiotic-associated DSS-colitis
  Hakimian S., Economopoulos K.P., Ahmed R., Bhan A.K., Malo M.S., Hodin R.A., Medicine poster fair, Tufts School of Medicine, Boston, MA, 1/26/2012
• The effect of intestinal alkaline phosphatase on abscess fluid-induced inflammation
  Hamarneh S.R., Kopecky K.E., Economopoulos K.P., Tao Q., Teshager A., Patel P., Malo N.S., Muhammad N., Malo M.S., Hodin R.A., 2013 Annual Clinical Congress of the American College of Surgeons, Washington, DC, 1/6./2013
• Intestinal alkaline phosphatase is an endogenous regulator of host microbiota
  Moaven O., Economopoulos K.P., Alam S.N., Muhammad N., Kaliannan K., Ray M., Mohamed, M.R., Moss A.K., Malo M.S., Hodin R.A., 2013 Annual Clinical Congress of the American College of Surgeons, Washington, DC, 1/6./2013
• Intestinal Alkaline Phosphatase Is An Endogenous Anti-Inflammatory Factor
  Mohamed M.R., Economopoulos K.P., Patel P., Muhammad N., Moaven O., Moss A.K., Hamarneh S.R., Teshager A., Kaliannan K., Abtahi S.M., Alam S.N., Malo N.S., Malo M.S., ..., 20th Annual Surgical Resident and Fellow Research Presentation Day, New England Surgical Society/Digestive Disease Week/11th Annual MGH GI Unit Clinical and Basic Science Research Retreat, Providence, RI, 2013 ; Orlando, Florida, 2013 ; Boston, MA ; 2013, 1/24/2013
• Prevention of fructose-induced obesity by intestinal alkaline phosphatase
  Economopoulos K.P., Kaliannan K., Muhammad N., Teshager A., Hamarneh S.R., Mohamed M.R., Patel P., Tao Q., Abtahi S.M., Malo M.S., Hodin R.A., Digestive Disease Week/Massachusetts General Hospital, Office for Research Career Development 2013 7th Annual Research Fellows Poster Celebration, Orlando, Florida, 2013 ; Boston, MA ; 2013, 1/22/2013
• Prevention of Antibiotic-Associated Obesity in Mice by Intestinal Alkaline Phosphatase
  Economopoulos K.P., Ahmed R., Hakimian S., Patel P., Haller J.F., Kaliannan K., Teshager A., Moaven O., Alam S.N., Muhammad N., Hamarneh S.R., Mohamed M.R., Bhan A.K.,..., 2013 Harvard Medical School Surgery Research Day/Massachusetts General Hospital, Office for Research Career Development, 7th Annual Research Fellows Poster Celebration/11th Annual MGH GI Unit Clinical and Basic Science Research Retreat/20th Annual Surgica, Providence, RI, 2013 ; Boston, MA, 2013, 1/24/2013
• Surgical completeness varies with number of operations required for total thyroidectomy and surgeons’ awareness of the preoperative diagnosis of thyroid cancer
  Economopoulos K.P., Parangi S., Gaz R.D., Lubitz C.C., Phitayakorn R., Lotz M.M, Randolph G.W., Hodin R.A., Stephen A.E., 2013 Annual Meeting of the American Association of Endocrine Surgeons, Chicago, IL, 1/14/2013
• Intestinal Alkaline Phosphatase Prevents Acute Alcohol-Induced Liver Injury
  Hamarneh S.R., Kalliannan K., Qingsong T., Economopoulos K.P., Mohamed M.M., Patel P., Teshager A., Malo N.S., Abtahi S.M., Muhammad N., Moaven O., Raychowdhury A., Al..., 2012 Annual Meeting of the Massachusetts Chapter of the American College of Surgeons/2013 Academic Surgical Congress/20th Annual Surgical Resident and Fellow Research Presentation Day, Boston, MA, 2012 ; New Orleans, LA, 2013 ; Providence, RI, 2013, 1/3./2013
• Intestinal Alkaline Phosphatase Is An Endogenous Anti-Inflammatory Factor
  Mohamed M.R., Hamarneh S.R., Patel P., Malo N.S., Kalliannan K., Teshager A., Raychowdhury A., Moss A.K., Muhammad N., Abtahi S.M., Moaven O., Alam S.N., Economopoulos..., 2013 Academic Surgical Congress, New Orleans, LA, 1/5./2013
• Patient Attitudes Towards Transaxillary Robot Assisted Thyroidectomy
  Linos D., Kiriakopoulos A., Economopoulos K.P., Petralias A., 2012 Annual Clinical Congress of the American College of Surgeons, Chicago, IL, 1/30/2012
• Chronic consumption of aspartame contributes to the development of metabolic syndrome
  Gul S.S., Hamilton R.A., Phupitakphol T., Liu W., Hyoju S.K., Economopoulos K.P., Hu D., Zhang W., Gharedaghi M.H., Huo H., Hamarneh S., Hodin R.A., Harvard Surgery Research Day, Boston, MA, 1/9./2015
• Smoking Cessation Prior to Elective Plastic Surgery: Why, When and How?
  Theocharidis V., Economopoulos K.P., 11th Annual conference of the International Society for the Prevention of Tobacco Induced Diseases (ISPTID), Athens, Greece, 1/9./2013
• Maternal Tobacco Use During Pregnancy and Risk of Congenital Heart Defects in Offspring: A Systematic Review
  Tzani A., Economopoulos K.P., 11th Annual conference of the International Society for the Prevention of Tobacco Induced Diseases (ISPTID), Athens, Greece, 1/9./2013
• Cost-effectiveness of Screening Resistant Hypertensive Patients for Primary Aldosteronism: Integrating Lifetime Cardiovascular Risk & Outcomes
  Lubitz C.C., Sy S., Economopoulos K.P., Gazelle G.S., McMahon P.M., Weinstein M.C., Gaziano T.A., 2014 Annual Meeting of the American Association of Endocrine Surgeons/Harvard Surgery Research Day, Boston, MA, 2013 ; Boston, MA, 2014, 1/10/2014
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Lectures

• Choices, challenges, successes and failures as a physician 
  Athens, Greece - 1/1/2015
• Should specific patient clinical characteristics discourage endocrine surgeons from performing laparoscopic transabdominal adrenalectomy? 
  Nashville, TN - 1/1/2015
• Perioperative Fasting Reduces Intestinal Alkaline Phosphatase in Humans 
  San Diego, CA - 1/1/2014
• Cost-Effectiveness of Screening Resistant Hypertensive Patients for Primary Aldosteronism 
  Massachusetts General Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA - 1/1/2014
• The Secret of Life: a Personal Confession 
  Athens, Greece - 1/1/2014
• Prevention of antibiotic-associated obesity in mice by intestinal alkaline phosphatase 
  New Orleans, LA - 1/1/2013
• Prevention of Antibiotic-Associated Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome in Mice by Intestinal Alkaline Phosphatase 
  Providence, Rhode Island - 1/1/2013
• IAP activity in human ileal contents: fast vs. fed comparison 
  Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA - 1/1/2013
• Surgical completeness varies with number of operations required for total thyroidectomy and surgeons’ awareness of the preoperative diagnosis of thyroid cancer 
  Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA - 1/1/2013
• The role of fructose and intestinal alkaline phosphatase in the metabolic syndrome in mice – Preliminary results of the 2nd in-vivo experiment 
  Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA - 1/1/2013
• Prevention of metabolic syndrome in mice by intestinal alkaline phosphatase 
  Massachusetts General Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA - 1/1/2013
• Establishing the human ileal IAP levels – testing the accuracy of the pNPP essay 
  Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA - 1/1/2012
• The role of antibiotics and intestinal alkaline phosphatase in high-fat diet-induced obesity in mice – preliminary results of the third in-vivo experiment 
  Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA - 1/1/2012
• Prevention of metabolic syndrome by intestinal alkaline phosphatase: adaptation of the proper statistical methodology 
  Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA - 1/1/2012
• The role of intestinal alkaline phosphatase in fructose-induced metabolic syndrome in mice – Preliminary results of the 1st in-vivo experiment 
  Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA - 1/1/2012
• The role of fructose and intestinal alkaline phosphatase in the metabolic syndrome in mice – Preliminary results of the 1st in-vivo experiment 
  Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA - 1/1/2012
• The role of antibiotics and intestinal alkaline phosphatase in high-fat diet-induced obesity in mice – Combined results of two in-vivo experiments 
  Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA - 1/1/2012
• Establishing the human ileal IAP levels – The first 30 patients 
  Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA - 1/1/2012
• The role of antibiotics and intestinal alkaline phosphatase in high-fat diet-induced obesity in mice – Preliminary results of the 2nd in-vivo experiment 
  Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA - 1/1/2012
• The role of antibiotics and intestinal alkaline phosphatase in high-fat diet-induced obesity in CD1 mice - Preliminary results 
  Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA - 1/1/2012
• Establishing the human ileal IAP levels – Work in progress 
  Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA - 1/1/2012
• The role of antibiotics and intestinal alkaline phosphatase in high-fat diet-induced obesity in C57 BL/6 mice - Preliminary results 
  Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA - 1/1/2012
• Activity of amoxicillin in the serum after the administration of intestinal alkaline phosphatase 
  Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA - 1/1/2012
• The role of antibiotics and intestinal alkaline phosphatase in high-fat diet-induced obesity in C57BL/6 mice – Study proposal 
  Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA - 1/1/2011
• Young surgeons and the Greek Chapter of the American College of Surgeons: the resurrection 
  Athens, Greece - 1/1/2011
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Other

• Endoscopically Assisted Transaxillary Thyroidectomy 
  Linos D., Kiriakopoulos A., Economopoulos K.P., Poulios E., American College of Surgeons, 97th Annual Clinical Congress Training Video
  San Francisco, California - 1/23/2011