Sakorafas GH. Non-palpable breast lesion at biopsy: A detailed analysis of radiographic features. Ann Surg 1989, 210 (2): 250.

B.C. Golematis, G.G. Karkanias, G.H. Sakorafas, D. Panoussopoulos. Skin fistula of an hydatic dyst of the liver (Fistulisation a la peau d' un kyste hydatique du foie). J Chir (Paris) 1991, 128: 439 – 440.

Philippakis M, Karkanias GG, Sakorafas GH. Carcinoma within an epiphrenic esophageal diverticulum. Eur J Surg 1991, 157: 617 – 618.

Dosios T, Gorgogiannis D, Sakorafas GH, Karampatsas K. Persistent left superior vena cave: a problem in the trans-venous pacing of the heart. PACE 1991, 14: 389 - 390.

Philippakis M, Karkanias G, Sakorafas GH, Pontikis I, Gavalas M. Massive gastrointestinal bleeding secondary to intestinal varices. Eur J Surg 1992, 158: 379 - 381.

Sakorafas GH, Tsiotou AG. Genetic basis of cancer of the pancreas: Diagnostic and therapeutic applications (Clinical Review). Eur J Surg 1994; 160: 529 - 534.

N. Gourtsoyiannis, D. Bays, G. Sakorafas, A. Livaditou. Primary angiosarcoma of the small intestine: radiological appearances. Eur Radiol 1994, 4: 572 - 576.

Sakorafas GH, A. Lazaris, A.G. Tsiotou, G. Koullias, M.T. Glinatsis, B.C. Golematis. Oncogenes in the cancer of the pancreas. Eur J Surg Oncol 1995, 21: 251  - 253.

A.G.Tsiotou, E.N. Krespis, G.H. Sakorafas, A.E. Krespi. The genetic basis of colorectal cancer - clinical implications. Eur J Surg Oncol 1995, 21: 96 - 100.

Sakorafas GH, Tsiotos GG, Bower TC, Sarr MG. Ischemic necrotizing pancreatitis; two case reports and review of the literature. Int J Pancreatol 1998; 24: 117 - 121.

Sakorafas GH, Tsiotou AG. Multi-step pancreatic carcinogenesis and its clinical implications. Eur J Surg Oncol. 1999 Dec;25(6):562-5.

Sakorafas GH, Tsiotos GG. Intra-abdominal complications after cardiac surgery. Eur J Surg. 1999 Sep;165(9):820-7.

Sakorafas GH, Tsiotou AG. Surgical palliation of pancreatic cancer. Eur J Surg Oncol. 1999 Oct;25(5):556.

Sakorafas GH, Farnell MB, Nagorney DM, Farley DR, Que FG, Donohue JH, Thompson GG, Sarr MG. Management of peri-pancreatic vasculature during pancreatoduodenectomy: tips to avoid severe haemorrhage. Eur J Surg Oncol. 1999 Oct;25(5):524-8.

Wong GY, Sakorafas GH, Tsiotos GG, Sarr MG. Palliation of pain in chronic pancreatitis. Use of neural blocks and neurotomy. Surg Clin North Am 1999; 79: 873 - 893.

Sakorafas GH, Tsiotou AG. Pancreatic cancer in patients with chronic pancreatitis: a challenge from a surgical perspective. Cancer Treatm Rev 1999; 25: 207 - 217.

Sakorafas GH, Sarr MG. Intraparietal retrorectus tension-free prosthetic mesh: a simple and effective method of repair of complex ventral hernias via a modified Stoppa technique. Surgical technique. Acta Chir Belg. 1999 May-Jun;99(3):109-12. 

Sakorafas GH, Tsiotou AG, Sarr MG. Intraoperative celiac plexus block in the surgical palliation for unresectable pancreatic cancer. Eur J Surg Oncol 1999; 25: 427 - 431.

Sakorafas GH, Sarr MG. Local excision of periampullary villous tumors of the duodenum-surgical technique. Eur J Surg Oncol 1999; 25: 90 - 93.

Sarr MG, Sakorafas GH. Incapacitating pain of chronic pancreatitis: a surgical perspective of what is known and what needs to be known. Gastroint Endosc 1999; 49: S85 - S89.

Sakorafas GH, Tsiotos GG, Sarr MG. Experience with duodenal necrosis: a rare complication of acute necrotizing pancreatitis. Int J Pancreatol 1999; 25: 147 - 149.

Sakorafas GH, Tsiotos GG, Sarr MG. Extrapancreatic necrotizing pancreatitis with viable pancreas: a previously unrecognized clinical entity. J Am Coll Surg 1999; 188: 643 - 648.

Sakorafas GH, Tsiotou AG. Occult breast cancer: a challenge from a surgical perspective. Surg Oncol. 1999 Jul;8(1):27-33.

Sakorafas GH, Tsiotou AG. Comments on: Tagging sentinel lymph nodes: a study of 100 patients with breast cancer. Bobin, et al., Eur J Cancer 1999, 35, 569-573. Eur J Cancer. 1999 Nov;35(12):1743.

Sakorafas GH, Tsiotou AG. Splenic-vein thrombosis complicating chronic pancreatitis. Scand J Gastroenterol. 1999 Dec;34(12):1171-7.

Sakorafas GH, Tsiotou AG, Pavlakis G. Follow-up after primary treatment for breast cancer. Acta Oncol. 2000;39(8):935-40.

Sakorafas GH, Tsiotou AG. Selection criteria for breast conservation in breast cancer. Eur J Surg. 2000 Nov;166(11):835-46.

Sakorafas GH, Tsiotou AG, Balsiger BM. Axillary lymph node dissection in breast cancer--current status and controversies, alternative strategies and future perspectives. Acta Oncol. 2000;39(4):455-66.

Gupta D, Sakorafas GH, McGregor CG, Harmsen WS, Farnell MB. Management of biliary tract disease in heart and lung transplant patients. Surgery 2000 Oct;128(4):641-9.

Sakorafas GH, Sarr MG. Changing trends in operations for chronic pancreatitis: a 22-year experience. Eur J Surg. 2000 Aug;166(8):633-7.

Sakorafas GH, Tsiotou AG. Sentinel lymph node biopsy in breast cancer. Am Surg. 2000 Jul;66(7):667-74.

Sakorafas GH, Sarr MG. Tricks in the technique of lateral pancreaticojejunostomy. Eur J Surg. 2000 Jun;166(6):498-500.

Sakorafas GH, Tsiotou AG. Etiology and pathogenesis of acute pancreatitis: current concepts. J Clin Gastroenterol. 2000 Jun;30(4):343-56.

Sakorafas GH, Farnell NB, Farley DR, Rowland CM, Sarr MG. Long-term results after surgery for chronic pancreatitis. Int J Pancreatol. 2000 Apr;27(2):131-42.

Sakorafas GH, Friess H, Dervenis CG. Villous tumors of the duodenum: biologic characters and clinical implications. Scand J Gastroenterol. 2000 Apr;35(4):337-44.

Sakorafas GH, Farnell MB, Nagorney DM, Sarr MG, Rowland CM. Pancreatoduodenectomy for chronic pancreatitis: long-term results in 105 patients. Arch Surg. 2000 May;135(5):517-23; discussion 523-4.

Sakorafas GH, Sarr MG, Farley DR, Que FG, Andrews JC, Farnell MB. Hemosuccus pancreaticus complicating chronic pancreatitis: an obscure cause of upper gastrointestinal bleeding. Langenbecks Arch Surg. 2000 Mar;385(2):124-8.

Sakorafas GH, Sarr MG, Farley DR, Farnell MB. The significance of sinistral portal hypertension complicating chronic pancreatitis. Am J Surg. 2000 Feb;179(2):129-33.

Sakorafas GH, Tsiotou AG. Ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) of the breast: evolving perspectives. Cancer Treat Rev. 2000 Apr;26(2):103-25.

Sakorafas GH, Tsiotou AG. Prophylactic mastectomy; evolving perspectives. Eur J Cancer. 2000 Mar;36(5):567-78.

Sakorafas GH, Tsiotos GG, Sarr MG. Ischemia/Reperfusion-Induced pancreatitis. Dig Surg. 2000;17(1):3-14.

Sakorafas GH, Tsiotou AG. Genetic predisposition to breast cancer: a surgical perspective. Br J Surg. 2000 Feb;87(2):149-62.

Sakorafas GH, Tsiotou AG, Tsiotos GG. Molecular biology of pancreatic cancer; oncogenes, tumour suppressor genes, growth factors, and their receptors from a clinical perspective. Cancer Treat Rev. 2000 Feb;26(1):29-52.

Farnell MB, Sakorafas GH, Sarr MG, Rowland CM, Tsiotos GG, Farley DR, Nagorney DM. Villous tumors of the duodenum: reappraisal of local vs. extended resection. J Gastrointest Surg. 2000 Jan-Feb;4(1):13-21, discussion 22-3.

Tsiotou AG, Sakorafas GH. Pathophysiology of pain in chronic pancreatitis: clinical implications from a surgical perspective. Int Surg. 2000 Oct-Dec;85(4):291-6.

Sakorafas GH. Nipple discharge: current diagnostic and therapeutic approaches. Cancer Treat Rev. 2001 Oct;27(5):275-82.

Sakorafas GH, Delibasis G. Large right congenital diaphragmatic (Bochdalek) hernia: an incidental finding in an aged patient with acute intestinal obstruction. Dig Surg. 2001;18(6):431.

Sakorafas GH, Blanchard DK, Sarr MG, Farley DR. Paget's disease of the breast: a clinical perspective. Langenbecks Arch Surg. 2001 Nov;386(6):444-50.

Sakorafas GH, Friess H, Balsiger BM, Buchler MW, Sarr MG. Problems of reconstruction during pancreatoduodenectomy. Dig Surg. 2001;18(5):363-369.

Sakorafas GH, Tsiotos GG. Molecular biology of pancreatic cancer: potential clinical implications. BioDrugs. 2001;15(7):439-452.

Sakorafas GH, Sarr MG, Rowland CM, Farnell MB. Post-obstructive chronic pancreatitis: results with distal resection. Arch Surg. 2001 Jun;136(6):643-648.

Sakorafas GH, Farnell MB, Nagorney DM, Sarr MG. Surgical management of chronic pancreatitis at the Mayo Clinic. Surg Clin North Am. 2001 Apr;81(2):457-65.

Sakorafas GH, Zobolas B. Lateral pancreatojejunostomy in the surgical management of chronic pancreatitis. Current concepts and future perspectives. Dig Liver Dis. 2001 Mar;33(2):187-191.

Sakorafas GH. Breast cancer surgery-historical evolution, current status and future perspectives. Acta Oncol. 2001;40(1):5-18.

Sakorafas GH, Sarr MG, Farnell MB. Pancreaticobiliary fistula: an unusual complication of necrotising pancreatitis. Eur J Surg. 2001 Feb;167(2):151-3.

Sakorafas GH, Blanchard K, Sarr MG, Farley DR. Paget's disease of the breast. Cancer Treatm Rev. 2001 Feb;27(1):9-18.

Tsiotou AG, Sakorafas GH. A simple, effective and safe method for central venous catheter replacement. Ann R Coll Surg Engl. 2001 Jan;83(1):14.

Sakorafas GH. Women at high risk for breast cancer: preventive strategies. Mt Sinai J Med 2002; 69: 264 – 266.

Sakorafas GH, Krespis E, Pavlakis G. Risk estimation for breast cancer development; a clinical perspective. Surg Oncol 2002; 10: 183 – 192.

Sakorafas GH, Tsiotou AG. Proximal pancreatectomy in the surgical management of chronic pancreatitis. J Clin Gastroenterol. 2002 Jan;34(1):72-6.

Sakorafas GH, Anagnostopoulos GK. Surgical management of chronic pancreatitis; current concepts and future perspectives. Int Surg 2003; 88: 211 – 218.

Sakorafas GH, Sarr MG. Pancreatic Cancer after surgery for chronic pancreatitis. Dig Liver Dis 2003; 35: 482 – 485.

Sakorafas GH. The management of women at high risk for the development of breast cancer: risk estimation and preventive strategies. Cancer Treatm Rev 2003; 29: 79 – 89.

Sakorafas GH, Pavlakis G, Grigoriades KD. Small bowel perforation secondary to metastatic lung cancer: a case report and review of the literature. Mt Sinai J Med 2003; 70: 130 – 132.

Sakorafas GH, Farley DR. Optimal management of ductal carcinoma in situ of the breast. Surg Oncol 2003; 12 (4): 221 – 240.

Sakorafas GH, Geraghty J, Pavlakis G. The clinical significance of axillary lymph node micrometastases in breast cancer. Eur J Surg Oncol 2004; 30 (8); 807 – 816.

Stafyla V, Kotsifopoulos N, Grigoriadis K, Kassaras G, Sakorafas GH. Lobular carcinoma in situ of the breast within a fibroadenoma. A case report. Gynecol Oncol  2004; 94 (2): 572 – 574.

Anagnostopoulos G, Margantinis G, Kostopoulos P, Papadopoulou G, Roullias A, Sakorafas G, Liassis N. Budd-Chiari syndrome and portal vein thrombosis due to right atrial myxoma. Ann Thorac Surg 2004; 78(1): 333 – 334.

Sakorafas GH, Tsiotou AG. Management of septic shock; current concepts, with a particular emphasis on the role of source control, and future perspectives. Eur J Anaesthesiol 2004; 21(5): 337 – 360.

Anagnostopoulos GK, Doriforou O, Sakorafas G, Missas S. Tuberous sclerosis associated with giant bilateral bleeding angiomyolipomas. Postgrad Med J 2004; 80 (948): 580.

Sakorafas GH, Vlachos A, Tolumis G, Kassaras G, Anagnostopoulos G, Gorgogiannis D. Ectopic intrathoracic thyroid. Mt Sinai J Med 2004; 71 (2): 131 – 133.

Pavlakis G, Sakorafas GH, Anagnostopoulos G. Intestinal metastases from renal cell carcinoma: a rare cause of intestinal obstruction and bleeding. Mt Sinai J Med 2004; 71 (2): 127 – 130.

Anagnostopoulos G, Arvanitidis D, Sakorafas GH, Pavlakis G, Kolilekas I, Arkoumani E, Stefanou D. Combined carcinoid-adenocarcinoma tumor of the anal canal. Scand J Gastroenterol 2004; 39 (2): 198 – 200.

Arvanitidis D, Anagnostopoulos G, Giannopoulos D, Pantes A, Agaritsi R, Margantinis G, Tsiakos S, Sakorafas G, Kostopoulos P. Can somatostatin prevent post-ERCP pancreatitis? Results of a randomized controlled trial. J Gastroenterol Hepatol 2004; 19 (3): 278 – 282.

Anagnostopoulos G, Sakorafas GH, Grigoriadis K. Hepatitis caused by occupational chronic exposure to trichloroethylene. Acta Gastroenterol Belg 2004;  67(4) : 355 - 357.

Anagnostopoulos G, Sakorafas GH, Kostopoulos P. Squamous cell carcinoma of the rectum: a case report and review of the literature. European Journal of Cancer Care 2005; 14: 70 – 74.

Anagnostopoulos G, Sakorafas GH, Kostopoulos P., Grigoriadis K. Malignant fibrous histiocytoma of the liver; a case report and review of the literature. Mt Sinai J Med 2005; 72: 50 – 52.

Anagnostopoulos GK, Stefanou D, Arkoumani E, Sakorafas GH, Tsianos E, Agnantis N. Bax/bcl-2 protein expression in gastric precancerous lesions. An immunohistochemical study. J Gastroenterol Hepatol 2005; 20: 1674 – 1678.

Anagnostopoulos GK, Sakorafas GH, Kostpopoulos P, Terpos E, Paul Fortun, Arvanitidis D. Disseminated colon cancer with severe peripheral blood eosinophilia and elevated serum levels of interleukin-2, interleukin-3, interleukin-5, and GM-SCF. J Surg Oncol 2005; 89 : 273 - 275.

Sakorafas GH, Nissiotakis Ch, Chalikias I, Kotsifopoulos N, Stavrou A, Kassaras G. Open preperitoneal mesh repair of recurrent inguinal and femoral hernias. The Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine 2005; 72: 342 – 345.

Sakorafas GH, Giotakis J, Stafyla V. Papillary thyroid microcarcinoma: a surgical perspective. Cancer Treat Reviews 2005; 31: 423 – 438.

Sakorafas GH, Stafyla V, Bramis C, Kotsifopoulos N, Kolettis T, Kassaras G. Incidental parathyroidectomy during thyroid surgery: an underappreciated complication of thyroidectomy. World J Surg 2005; 29: 1539 – 1543.
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Zobolas B, Sakorafas GH, Kourloukli I, Glynatsis M, Peros G, Bramis J. Alkaline reflux gastritis: early and late results of surgery. World J Surg 2006; 30: 1043 – 1049.

Sakorafas GH, Peros G, Farley DR. Thyroid nodules: does the suspicion for malignancy really justify the increased thyroidectomy rates? Surg Oncol 2006; 15: 43 – 55.

Sakorafas GH. The challenge of military surgical education. World J Surg 2006; 30: 2083.

Sakorafas GH, Sarr MG. Cystic neoplasms of the pancreas. What a clinician should know. Cancer Treat Rev 2005; 31: 507 – 535.

Sakorafas GH, Peros G. Thyroid nodule: a potentially malignant lesion, Optimal management from a surgical perspective. Cancer Treat Rev 2006; 32: 191 – 202.

Sakorafas GH, Stafyla V, Kassaras G. Spontaneous cyst-cutaneous fistula: an extremely rare presentation of hydatid liver cyst. Am J Surg 2006; 192: 205 – 206.

Sakorafas GH, Tsolakides G, Grigoriadis K, Bakoyiannis CN, Peros G. Colonic mucormycosis: an exceptionally rare cause of massive lower gastrointestinal bleeding. Dig Liver Dis 2006; 38: 616 – 617.

Sakorafas GH, Milingos D, Revelos K, Siafakas J, Kontopoulos P, Peros G. Isolated metachronous contralateral adrenal metastasis from renal cell carcinoma. Mt Sinai J Med 2006; 73: 822 – 824.

Sakorafas GH, Sarr MG, van de Velde CJH, Peros G. Intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms of the pancreas. A surgical perspective. Surg Oncol 2005; 14: 155 – 178.

Sakorafas GH, Peros G, Cataliotti L. Sequelae following axillary lymph node dissection for breast cancer. Expert Rev Anticancer Ther 2006; 6: 1629 – 1638.

Krespis EN, Sakorafas GH. Partial intestinal obstruction caused by a lipoma within a Meckel diverticulum. Dig Liver Dis 2006; 38: 358 – 359.

Margantinis G, Sakorafas GH, Kostopoulos P, Kontou S, Tsiakos S, Arvanitidis D. Post-ERCP/endoscopic sphincterotomy duodenal perforation is not always a surgical emergency. Dig Liver Dis 2006; 38: 434 – 436.

Sakorafas GH, Tsiotou AG, Pananaki M, Peros G. The role of surgery in the management of septic shock – extraabdominal causes of sepsis AORN J 2007; 85: 137 – 150.

Sakorafas GH, Tsiotou AG, Pananaki M, Peros G. The role of surgery in the management of septic shock – intraabdominal causes of sepsis AORN J 2007; 85: 280– 298.

Sakorafas GH, Tsiotou AG, Peros G. Mechanisms and natural history of pain in chronic pancreatitis: a surgical perspective. J Clin Gastroenterol 2007; 41: 689 – 699.

Sakorafas GH, Stafyla V, Κolettis T, Tolumis G, Kassaras G, Peros G. Microscopic papillary thyroid cancer as an incidental finding in patients treated surgically for presumably benign thyroid disease. J Postgrad Med 2007; 53: 23 – 26.

Sakorafas GH, Peros G. Sentinel lymph node biopsy in breast cancer: what a clinician should know, a decade after its introduction in clinical practice. Eur J Cancer Care 2007; 16: 318 – 321.

Sakorafas G, Zouros E, Peros G. Applied vascular anatomy of the colon and rectum: clinical implications for the surgical oncologist. Surg Oncol 2006; 15: 243 – 255.

Sakorafas GH, Minlingos D, Peros G. Asymptomatic cholelithiasis: is cholecystectomy really needed? A critical reappraisal, 15 yearst after the introduction of laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Dig Dis Sci 2007; 52: 1313 – 1325.

Stadyla V, Kotsifopoulos N, Grigoriadis K, Bakoyiannis CN, Peros G, Sakorafas GH. Myoid hamartoma of the breast: a case report and review of the literature. Breast J 2007; 13: 85 – 87.

Sakorafas GH, Peros G, Cataliotti L, Vlastos G. Lymphedema following axillary lymph node dissection for breast cancer. Surg Oncol 2006; 15: 153 – 165.

Sakorafas GH, Nissotakis C, Peros G. Abdominal desmoid tumors. Surg Oncol 2007; 16: 131 – 142.

Giannopoulos G, Sakorafas GH, Parasi A, Tzanakis N, Rallis G, Peros G. Triple malignancy: sequential development of second and third primary tumors in a patient with Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Acta Oncol 2007; 46: 1187 – 1189.

Sakorafas GH, Peros G. Obstructing sigmoid cancer in a patient with a large, tender, non-reducible inguinal hernia: the obvious diagnosis is not always the correct one. Eur J Cancer Care 2008; 17: 72 – 73.

Sakorafas GH, Sarr MG, Peros G. Celiac artery stenosis: an underappreciated and unpleasant surprise in patients undergoing pancreatoduodenectomy. J Am Coll Surg 2008; 206: 349 – 356.

Nissotakis C, Sakorafas GH, Kouretta T, Revelos K, Kassaras G, Peros G. Actinomycosis of the appendix: diagnostic and therapeutic considerations. Int J Infect Dis 2008; 12: 562 – 564.

Sakorafas GH, Peros G. Principles of war surgery: current concepts and future perspectives. Am J Emerg Med 2008; 26: 480 – 489.

Sakorafas GH, Farley DR, Peros G. Recent advances and current controversies in the management of DCIS of the breast. Cancer Treatm Rev 2008; 34: 483 – 497.

Nissotakis C, Sakorafas GH, Vugioklakis D, Kostopoulos P, Peros G. Transanal circular stapler technique: a simple and highly effective method for the management of high-grade stenosis of low colorectal anastomoses. Surg Laparosc Endosc Percutan Tec 2008; 18: 375 – 378.

Sakorafas GH, Giannopoulos GA, Parasi A, Konstandoudakis G, Tzanakis N, Stergiopoulos S, Peros G. Large somatostatin-producing endocrine carcinoma of the ampulla of Vater in association with GIST in a patient with von Recklingausen’s disease: case report and review of the literature. JOP 2008; 9: 633 – 639.

Sakorafas GH. The origins of radical mastectomy. AORN J 2008;88: 605 – 608.

Sakorafas GH, Friess H, Peros G. The genetic basis of hereditary medullary thyroid cancer: clinical implications for the surgeon with a particular emphasis on the role of prophylactic thyroidectomy. Endocr Relat Cancer 2008; 15: 871 – 884.

Diamantis A, Magiorkinis E, Sakorafas GH, Androutsos G. A brief history of apoptosis: from ancient to modern times. Onkologie 2008; 31: 702 – 706.

Sakorafas GH, Ntavantzikos A, Konstantiadou I, Karamitopoulou E, Kavatha D, Peros G. Peritoneal tuberculosis in pregnancy mimicking advanced ovarian cancer: a plea to avoid hasty, radical and irreversible surgical decisions. Int J Infect Dis 2009; 13:e270 – 272.

Makris K, Tsiotos GG, Stafyla V, Sakorafas GH. Small intestinal non-meckelian diverticulosis. J Clin Gastroenterol 2009; 43; 201.

Tavassoli FA, Sakorafas GH. ‘Ductal carcinoma in situ of the breast’ – is it time to replace this term by ‘ductal intraepithelial neoplasia of the breast’? Onkologie 2009; 32: 218.

Mastoraki A, konstantiadou I, Papanikolaou I, Christodoulou S, Sakorafas G, Peros G. Adenocarcinoma of the small intestine complicating Crohn’s disease. Int J Colorectal Dis . 2009  Oct;24(10):1245-6.

Mastoraki A, Kotsilianou O, Papanikolaou I, Foukas PG, Sakorafas G, Safioleas M. Malignant rhabdoid tumor of the large intestine. Int J Colorectal Dis 2000 May 9.

Sakorafas GH, Sampanis D, Safioleas M. Cervical lymph node dissection in papillary thyroid cancer; current trends, persisting controversies and unclarified uncertainties. Surg Oncol 2010; 19: e57-70.

Sakorafas GH, Christodoulou Spiros, Lappas Christos, Safioleas Michael. Preoperative detection of cervical lymph node metastases in papillary thyroid cancer: a surgical perspective. Onkologie 2009; 32: 762 – 766.

Sakorafas GH, Mastoraki A, Lappas Ch, Safioleas M. Small (< 10 mm) thyroid nodules; how aggressively should they be managed. Onkologie 2010; 33: 61 – 64.

Sakorafas GH, Polychronopoulos D. Giant scrotal lipoma. Eur J Cancer Care 2010; 19(4).Epub 2009 Nov 11.

Peros G, Gianopoulos GA, Christodoulou S, Konstantoudakis G, Petropoulou K, Sakorafas GH., Good results after major pancreatic resections in a middle-volume center. Pancreas 2010; 39: 411 – 414.

Sakorafas GH, Safioleas M. Breast cancer surgery: an historical narrative. Part I. From prehistoric times to renaissance. Eur J Cancer Care 2009; 18: 530 – 544.

Sakorafas GH, Safioleas M. Breast cancer surgery: an historical narrative. Part II. 18th and 19th centuries. Eur J Cancer Care 2010; 19: 6 - 29.

Sakorafas GH, Safioleas M. Breast cancer surgery: an historical narrative. Part III. From the sunset of the 19th to the dawn of the 21th century. Eur J Cancer Care 2010; 19: 145 - 166.

Mastoraki A, Papanikolaou IS, Kanakis D, Safioleas P, Sakorafas GH, Safioleas M. A case of signet ring carcinoma of the appendix: dilemmas in differential diagnosis and management. J Gastrointest Cancer 2010; 41: 141 – 144.

Sakorafas GH, Lappas C, Mastoraki A, Delis SG, Safioleas M. Current trends in the management of infected necrotizing pancreatitis. Infect Disord Drug Targets 2010; 10: 9 – 14.

Mastoraki A, Papanikolaou IS, Sakorafas GH, Safioleas M. Facing the challenge of managing linitis plastica-review of the literature. Hepatogastroenterology 2009; 56: 1773 – 1778.

Sakorafas GH. Historical evolution of thyroid surgery: from the ancient times to the dawn of the 21th century. World J Surg 2010; 34: 1793 – 1804.

Nissotakis C, Zouros E, Revelos K, Sakorafas GH. Abdominal wall endometrioma: a case report and review of the literature. AORN J 2010; 91: 730 – 745.

Mastoraki A, Papanikolaou IS, Konstantiadou I, Sakorafas GH, Safioleas M. Facing the challenge of treating gallbladder carcinoma: Review of the literature. Hepatogastroenterology 2010; 57: 215 – 219.

Sakorafas GH, Kokkoris P, Farley DR. Primary thyroid lymphoma: diagnostic and therapeutic dilemmas. Surg Oncol 2010; 19: 124 – 129.

Sakorafas GH. Thyroid nodules: interpretation and importance of fine-needle aspiration (FNA) for the clinician – practical considerations. Surg Oncol 2010; 19: 130 – 139.

Safioleas MC, Moulakakis KG, Safioleas CM, Sakorafas GH. Stapled cholecystojejunostomy for palliative treatment of the malignant jaundice; an effective and feasible alternative to hand-sewn method. Int J Surg 2010; 8: 423 – 425.

Sakorafas GH, Sampanis D, Lappas C. Retained surgical sponges; what the practicing clinician should know. Langenbecks Arch Surg 2010 Nov;395(8):1001-7. 

Sakorafas GH. What’s the role of surgery in the management of primary thyroid lymphoma? Acta Oncol 2010, July 29.

Papageorgious SG, Foukas P, Economopoulou C, Tsirigotis P, Sakorafas G, Georgakopoulos N. Leuk Res 2010, Sept 18 (Epud ahead of print).

Stamatakos M, Stefanaki C, Kontzoglou K, Masouridi S, Sakorafas G, Safioleas M. Recapitulation of ras oncogene mutations in breast cancer. Onkologie 2010; 33: 540 – 544.

Sakorafas GH, Halikias J, Nissotakis C. Open tension free repair of inguinal hernias; the Lichtenstein technique. BMC Surgery. 2001;1(1):3.

Zobolas B, Sakorafas GH, Kouroukli I, Tsiotou AG. Bilateral, low-grade, diffuse B-cell lymphoma of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) of the breast. Breast J 2002; 8: 382.

Sakorafas GH, Anagnostopoulos GK, Stafyla V, Koletis T. Elevation of serum liver enzymes after laparoscopic cholecystectomy. New Zealand Medical Journal 2005; 118: (1210): U1317.

Tsiotou AG, Sakorafas GH, Anagnostopoulos. Septic shock; current pathogenetic concepts from a clinical perspective. Med Sci Monit 2005; 11(3): RA76-85

Sakorafas GH. Surgical management of chronic pancreatitis. Current concepts and future perspectives. Balkan Military Medical Review 2001; 4(1): 10 – 16.

147. Sakorafas GH. El papel de la pancreatectomia proximal para el tratamiento de la pancreatitis cronia. Aalud(i)Ciencia, 2005 ; 13 : 24 – 26 και ακόμη στο www.siicsalud.com/dato/dat042/05224024.htm

148.Mountzios G, Pavlakis G, Terpos E, Sakorafas GH, Revelos K, Bamias A, Nikolaou N, Papasavas P, Soria JC, Dimopoulos MA. Concurrent development of testicular seminoma and choriocarcinoma of the superior mediastinum, presented as cervical mass: a case report and implications about pathogenesis of germ-cell tumors. BMC Clin Pathol 2006 Nove 20; 6: 8.

Sakorafas GH, Stafyla V, Tsiotos GG. Biliary peritonitis due to fistulous tract rupture following T-tube removal. New Zealand Medical Journal 2005; 118(1217):U1522.

150. Mastoraki A, Papantoni E, Papanikolaou I, Kotsilianou O, Kanakis D, Sakorafas G, SafioleasM. Facing the challenge of acute autoimmune liver disease: Report of a case and review of the literature. Gastroenterol Res 2009΄2 (Νο 3). doi:10.4021/gr2009.05.1295 (June 1, 2009).α,

151. Papantoni E, Sakorafas GH, Zouros E, Peros G. Guillain Barre syndrome following total gastrectomy / esophagectomy. A very rare and dramatic postoperative complication with a favorable outcome. ANZ J Surg 2010; 80: 858.

J. Manouras, V.A. Katergiannakis, A.P. Stamatiades, B.N. Pararas, G.H. Sakorafas, N.S. Apostolidis. Primary Malignant Tumours of the Small Intestine. Hell Armed Forces Med Rev 1990-1991, 24-25 Suppl: 25 – 26 (English Edition).

E.N. Krespis, G.H. Sakorafas, J. Kaklamanos, A. Krespi. Gastrointestinal lipomas. Hell Armed Forces Med Rev 1990-1991, 24-25 Suppl: 39 – 41 (English Edition)

E.N. Krespis, G.H. Sakorafas, J. Kaklamanos, D. Paraskevopoulos, G. Triantos, A. Krespi. Intestinal Obstruction and Lipoma of Meckel's Diverticulum. Case Report. Hell Armed Forces Med Rev 1990 - 1991, 24 - 25 Suppl: 51 – 52 (English Edition).

G.G. Karkanias, M. Glinatsis, G.H. Sakorafas, P.J Peveretos. Small Bowell Incarceration in a Drain Site Hernia. Hell Armed Forces Med Rev 1990 - 1991, 24 - 25 Suppl: 53 – 54 (English Edition).

D. Panoussopoulos, G.G. Karkanias, G.H. Sakorafas, B.C. Golematis. Giant Hydatid Cyst of the Spleen. Hell Armed Forces Med Rev 1990 - 1991, 24 - 25 Suppl, 71 - 73.

V.A. Katergiannakis, G.G. Karkanias, G.H. Sakorafas, C. Papademetriou, A.J. Manouras. Malignant Fibrous Histiocytoma of Soft Tissue with Bone Formation. Hell Armed Forces Med Rev 1990 - 1991, 24 - 25 Suppl: 75 – 77 (English Edition).

E.N. Krespis, P.A. Ioannides, N.D. Milingos, G.H. Sakorafas, K.P. Papadimitriou, G. Velmachos, B.C. Golematis. Angiodysplasia of left kidney and of perirenal fat. A case report. Hell Armed Forces Med Rev 1992 - 1996,  26-30 (Suppl): 85 – 87 (English Edition).

G.H. Sakorafas, E.N. Krespis. Etiology and Pathogenesis of Acute Pancreatitis; Current Concepts. Hell Armed Forces Med Rev 1997-1999, 31-33 Suppl:1-18 (English Edition).

G.M. Alexiou, G.H. Sakorafas. The Treatment of Choledocholithiasis in the Era of Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy. Hell Armed Forces Med Rev 1997-1999, 31-33 Suppl:27-35 (English Edition).

Sakorafas GH, Tsiotou AG. Contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging has a high sensitivity for detection of breast lesion. Breast J 2002; 8: 121.

Sakorafas GH, Sarr MG. Repair of ventral and incisional hernias using modifications of the Rives-Stoppa technique. Probl Gen Surg 2002; 19 (4): 51 – 58.

Sakorafas GH, Sarr MG. Ectopic gastric submucosal pancreatic tissue. J Pancreatol (JOP) 2003; 4: 214 – 215.

Pavlakis G, Siafakas K, Gorgogiannis D, Sakorafas GH. Pulmonary embolism with cavity formation, spontaneous pneumothorax, and high-output air leak in a patient with non-small-cell lung cancer. New Zealand Medical Journal 2003; 116 (July 11) (No 1177); U 502.

Pavlakis G, Sakorafas GH, Anagnostopoulos GK, Grigoriadis K, Symeonidis G. Lateral cervical cyst with unsuspected metastasis from an occult tonsillar carcinoma. J Postgrad Med 2004; 50 (3): 202 – 204.

Anagnostopoulos G, Sakorafas G, Kolettis T, Kotsifopoulos N, Kassaras G. A case of gallstone ileus with an unusual impaction site and spontaneous evacuation. J Postgrad Med 2004; 50 (1): 55 – 56.

Sakorafas GH, Tsiotos GG. Medical education; new legislative regulations, problems, and future perspectives with a particular emphasis on surgical education. Journal of Postgraduate Medicine 2004; 50: 274 – 277.

Mastoraki A, Tzortzopoulou A, Tsela S, Danias N, Sakorafas G, Smyrniotis V, Arkadopoulos N. Hereditary pancreatitis: dilemmas in differential diagnosis and therapeutic approach. J Gastrointest Cancer. 2014 Mar;45(1):22-6.

Sakorafas GH, Goutis G, Katseni K, Elvanidou A, Mitsaka D, Kouris N. Metachronous cancer following Hartman procedure for obstructing sigmoid cancer: don't forget the rectal stump! J Surg Oncol. 2014 Feb;109(2):174.

Perelas A, Papantoni E, Sakorafas GH, Vassileiou P, Arkadopoulos N, Smyrniotis V.Malignant fibrous histiocytoma of the diaphragm. Am Surg. 2013 Jan;79(1):E12-3. 

Derdas SP, Soulitzis N, Balis V, Sakorafas GH, Spandidos DA. Expression analysis of B-Raf oncogene in V600E-negative benign and malignant tumors of the thyroid gland: correlation with late disease onset. Med Oncol. 2013 Mar;30(1):336. doi: 10.1007/s12032-012-0336-3. Epub 2012 Dec 22.

Smyrniotis V, Sakorafas GH, Kokoropoulos P, Papantoni E, Arkadopoulos N.Pancreatoduodenectomy in patients with a history of a Billroth-II gastrojejunostomy. Am Surg. 2012 Nov;78(11):E478-80. 

Sakorafas GH, Kokoropoulos P, Lappas C, Sampanis D, Smyrniotis V. External branch of the superior laryngeal nerve: applied surgical anatomy and implications in thyroid surgery. Am Surg. 2012 Sep;78(9):986-91. 

Κassaras G, Antonopoulos K, Sakorafas GH. Successful conservative treatment of chyle leak after total thyroidectomy and modified radical lymph node dissection. Am Surg. 2012 Sep;78(9):E420-1. 

Mastoraki S, Mastoraki A, Lefantzis N, Safioleas P, Sakorafas G, Safioleas M. Controversies and challenging therapeutic modalities in gastric cancer. Indian J Surg. 2011 Aug;73(4):251-5. 

Sakorafas GH, Smyrniotis V. Molecular biology of pancreatic cancer: how useful is it in clinical practice? JOP. 2012 Jul 10;13(4):332-7.

Sakorafas GH, Sabanis D, Lappas C, Mastoraki A, Papanikolaou J, Siristatidis C, Smyrniotis V. Interval routine appendectomy following conservative treatment of acute appendicitis: Is it really needed. World J Gastrointest Surg. 2012 Apr 27;4(4):83-6. 

Arkadopoulos N, Kyriazi MA, Theodoraki K, Sakorafas G, Tympa A, Skalkidis J, Vassiliou I, Smyrniotis V. Extrahepatic portal vein ligation in major hepatectomies performed under selective vascular exclusion: a case-control study. Am Surg. 2012 Mar;78(3):300-4.

Sakorafas GH, Sampanis D, Lappas C, Kokoropoulos P, Mastoraki A, Smyrniotis V. Necrotizing acute pancreatitis current status - emerging new strategies in surgical management. Infect Disord Drug Targets. 2012 Apr;12(2):138-43. 

Mastoraki A, Papanikolaou IS, Triantafyllou K, Karamitopoulou E, Sakorafas G, Safioleas M. A case of juvenile polyposis syndrome: dilemmas in differential diagnosis and management. Am Surg. 2011  Dec;77(12):E301-3. 

Sakorafas GH, Tsiotos GG, Korkolis D, Smyrniotis V Individuals at high-risk for pancreatic cancer development: management options and the role of surgery. Surg Oncol. 2012 Jun;21(2):e49-58. 

Sakorafas GH, Arkadopoulos N, Tympa A, Smyrniotis V. Reconstruction after pancreaticoduodenectomy: a new approach to an ongoing dispute. Am Surg. 2011 Sep;77(9):1271-2. 

Mastoraki A, Danias N, Arkadopoulos N, Sakorafas G, Vasiliou P, Smyrniotis V. Prophylactic total gastrectomy for hereditary diffuse gastric cancer. Review of the literature. Surg Oncol. 2011 Dec;20(4):e223-6.

Sakorafas GH, Smyrniotis V, Reid-Lombardo KM, Sarr MG. Primary pancreatic cystic neoplasms of the pancreas revisited. Part IV: rare cystic neoplasms. Surg Oncol. 2012 Sep;21(3):153-63. 

Safioleas M, Sakorafas GH, Safioleas C, Sabanis D, Safioleas P. An alternative to the Billroth II technique of gastrojejunostomy after subtotal gastrectomy preserving the duodenal transit. Am Surg. 2011  Jun;77(6):798-9. 

Safioleas M, Stamatakos M, Safioleas P, Safioleas K, Sakorafas GH. Combined side-to-end anastomosis with temporary end colostomy for the  management of selected left-sided colonic emergencies. Am Surg. 2011 Apr;77(4):447-50.

Sakorafas GH, Mahairas A, Smyrniotis V. Potential pitfalls in the management of primary pancreatic cystic neoplasms. Onkologie. 2011;34(6):332-6.

Kassaras GA, Nissotakis C, Spiridakis J, Toloumis G, Dritsakos K, Sakorafas GH. Parathyroid gland cyst. Am Surg. 2010 Apr;76(4):11-2.

Mastoraki A, Safioleas C, Sakorafas G, Safioleas M. Cecum adenocarcinoma as the first manifestation of Crohn's disease in a 24-year-old woman: dilemmas in differential diagnosis and management. Am Surg. 2010 Apr;76(4):E5-6. 

Sakorafas GH, Smyrniotis V, Reid-Lombardo KM, Sarr MG. Primary pancreatic cystic neoplasms revisited. Part III. Intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms. Surg Oncol. 2011 Jun;20(2):e109-18. 

Safioleas M, Sakorafas GH, Safioleas C, Stamatakos M, Safioleas P. Injury of the ampulla of vater: a new technique for restoration alternative to reimplantation.Am Surg. 2011 Jan;77(1):E1-2. 

Sakorafas GH, Lappas C, Mastoraki A, Kotsilianou O, Makras P, Safioleas M. Extensive and concurrent infiltration of an ectopic intrathoracic thyroid and thyroid gland by papillary thyroid cancer. Am Surg. 2010 Sep;76(9):E152-3. 

Kouris N, Andreou A, Tsiotou AG, Ntzani V, Linardou V, Milingos D, Sakorafas GH.  Elective inguinal hernia repair in a patient with fontan circulation complicated by intraperitoneal hemorrhage: surgical and anesthesiological considerations. Am Surg. 2011 Feb;77(2):E34-6. 

Sakorafas GH, Smyrniotis V, Reid-Lombardo KM, Sarr MG. Primary pancreatic cystic neoplasms revisited: part II. Mucinous cystic neoplasms. Surg Oncol. 2011 Jun;20(2):e93-101. 

Sakorafas GH, Smyrniotis V, Reid-Lombardo KM, Sarr MG. Primary pancreatic cystic neoplasms revisited. Part I: serous cystic  neoplasms. Surg Oncol. 2011 Jun;20(2):e84-92. 

Nikou GC, Toubanakis C, Moulakakis KG, Pavlatos S, Kosmidis C, Mallas E, Safioleas P, Sakorafas GH, Safioleas MC. Carcinoid tumors of the duodenum and the ampulla of Vater: current diagnostic and therapeutic approach in a series of 8 patients. Case series. Int J Surg. 2011;9(3):248-53.

Sakorafas GH, Mastoraki A, Lappas C, Sampanis D, Danias N, Smyrniotis V. Conservative treatment of acute appendicitis: heresy or an effective and acceptable alternative to surgery? Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2011 Feb;23(2):121-7. 

Papageorgiou SG, Foukas P, Economopoulou C, Tsirigotis P, Sakorafas G, Georgakopoulos N, Kefala M, Pappa V, Economopoulos T, Panayiotides I, Papageorgiou E, Dervenoulas J. Acute apenditis in patient with acute promyelocytic leukemia. Leuk Res. 2011 Jan;35(1):e4-5.

Sakorafas GH. What's the role of surgery in the management of primary thyroid lymphoma? Acta Oncol. 2011 Feb;50(2):319-20. 

Serafimidis K, Sakorafas GH. Ultrasonographically guided catheterization of the internal jugular vein. ANZ J Surg. 2009 Sep;79(9):585-7. 

Peros G, Sakorafas GH, Giannopoulos GA, Manikis D, Vassiliu P, Brountzos EN. Successful pancreaticoduodenectomy with immediate vascular reconstruction in a patient with cancer of the pancreatic head and celiac artery stenosis. A case report. JOP. 2009 Nov 5;10(6):667-70.

Serafimidis K, Sakorafas GH, Konstantoudakis G, Petropoulou K, Giannopoulos GP, Danias N, Peros G, Safioleas M. Ultrasound-guided catheterization of the internal jugular vein in oncologic patients; comparison with the classical anatomic landmark technique: a prospective study. Int J Surg. 2009 Dec;7(6):526-8.

Konstantiadou I, Mastoraki A, Papanikolaou IS, Sakorafas G, Safioleas M. Surgical approach of primary splenic lymphoma: report of a case and review of the literature. Indian J Hematol Blood Transfus. 2009 Sep;25(3):120-4. 

Anagnostopoulos G, Sakorafas GH, Kostopoulos P, Margantinis G, Tsiakos S, Pavlakis G. Early (mucosal) gastric cancer with synchronous osteosclerotic bone metastases: a case report. Eur J Cancer Care (Engl). 2010 Jul;19(4):554-7.

Peros G, Sakorafas GH, Konstantoudakis G, Giannopoulos GA, Petropoulou K, Parasi A. Duodeno-pancreatic neuroendocrine tumours. Eur J Cancer Care (Engl). 2010 May;19(3):393-402. 

Katsoulis I, Gantzoulas S, Nasikas D, Mitsaka D, Sakorafas G, Karaitianos I. Breast cancer innumohistochemical characteristics and prognostic factors in elderly. European Geriatric Medicin 6:S97-S-98 Sept 2015.

Mastoraki A, Sakorafas G, Vassiliu P, Contopoulou C, Arkadopoulos N. Mucocele of the Appendix: Dilemmas in Differential Diagnosis and Therapeutic Management..Indian J Surg Oncol. 2016 Mar;7(1):86-90.

Sinos G, Sakorafas GH.Pyramidal lobe of the thyroid: anatomical considerations of importance in thyroid cancer surgery.Oncol Res Treat. 2015;38(6):309-10

Sakorafas GH, Nasikas D, Thanos D, Gantzoulas S.Incidental thyroid C cell hyperplasia: clinical significance and implications in practice. Oncol Res Treat. 2015;38(5):249-52

Sakorafas GH.Postoperative vocal cord dysfunction despite normal intraoperative neuromonitoring: an unexpected complication with the risk of bilateral palsy.World J Surg. 2015 Jun;39(6):1586

Stamatiou D, Derdas SP, Symvoulakis EK, Sakorafas GH, Zoras O, Spandidos DA. Investigation of BK virus, Epstein-Barr virus and human papillomavirus sequences in postoperative thyroid gland specimens.Int J Biol Markers. 2015 Feb 24;30(1):e104-10.

Mastoraki A, Tzortzopoulou A, Tsela S, Danias N, Sakorafas G, Smyrniotis V, Arkadopoulos N.Hereditary pancreatitis: dilemmas in differential diagnosis and therapeutic approach.J Gastrointest Cancer. 2014 Mar;45(1):22-6.

Sakorafas GH, Goutis G, Katseni K, Elvanidou A, Mitsaka D, Kouris N.Metachronous cancer following Hartman procedure for obstructing sigmoid cancer: don't forget the rectal stump!J Surg Oncol. 2014 Feb;109(2):174.

Nasikas D, Sofopoulos M, Arnogiannaki N, Sakorafas GH. C-cell hyperplasia as an incidental finding in a patient with papillary thyroid microcarcinoma. Int J Endo Oncol 2015; 2 (4): 257-262.

Nasikas D, Sofopoulos M, Arnogiannaki N, Sakorafas GH.Malignant solitary fibrous tumor of the thigh; a case report.J Cancer Biol Res 2016; 4(3): 1087 – 189.

George H. Sakorafas, Myrsini Gkeli, Vicrotia Kartsouni, Dimitra Daskalopoulou, Dimitrios Thanos, Dimitrios Nasikas, Sotirios Gantzoulas. Preoperatively diagnosed microscopic papillary thyroid cancer; an aggressive approach in selected patients with small nodules. Int j Endo Oncol 2015; 2(3): 241-247.

George H. Sakorafas, Konstantina Katseni, Dimitrios Thanos, Dimitrios Nasikas, George Goutis, Parthenopi Deskoulidi. Thyroid cancer in a patient with congenital thyroid hemiagenesis. Int J Endo Oncol 2015; 2(2): 109-110.

George H. Sakorafas, Andreas Koureas, Dimitrios Nasikas. Ultrasonographically guided, compartment-oriented lymph node dissection in the management of papillary thyroid cancer. Int J End Oncol 2016: 3(2): 85 – 87.

2015 Collaborating Group – European Society of Coloproctology. The relationship between method of anastomosis and anastomotic failure after right hemicolectomy and ileo-cecal resection : an international snapshot audit. Colorectal Dis 2017 Mar 6: doi: 10.1111/codi 13646

Manatakis DK, Tseleni S, Balalis D, Soulou VN,Korkolis DP, Sakorafas GH. Association of baseline neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio with clinicopathological characteristics of papillary thyroid carcinoma. Int J Endocrinol 2017; 8471235 doi:10.1155/2017/8471235.

Sakorafas GH, et al. Patterns of cervical lymph node metastases in differentiated thyroid cancer. Clinical implications. Accepted for publication in Oncology Research and Treatment (2018)