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PUBLICATIONS

1. Über das Vorkommen epileptischer Anfälle als Frühsymptom Temporallappentumoren.( About the  Occurrence of Epileptic Fits as an Early   Symptom in Cases of Temporal Lobe Tumors. Dissertation the Medical  Faculty  of the Free University of  Berlin, Germany.

  2. Translation in to German of the chapter about Heart  Lung Machines by  Gibbon, H.H. and C. Camoshion from the  Book: Scientific Foundation  of Surgery by Charles Wells - James Kyles . W. Heineman Med.Brooks Ltd. London 1967.  German title: Wissenschaftliche Grundlagen der Operativen Medizin. F.K. Schattauer Verlag Stuttgart-New York, 1972     

3. Die Struma maligna.  ( Cancer of the thyroid gland.)  D. Xanthakos, R. Haering, and E. Kotlorz. Mediz.  Klin. 1968; 18: 730-735.

 4. Hat die Gastrektomie oder Cardiaresektion als Ultima-Ratio-Eingriff beim fortgeschrittenen  Magenkrebs noch ihre Berechtigung?  (Is the total gastrectomy or resection of the gastric cardia still  justified as palliative treatment of advanced gastric cancer?   R. Haering, E. Kotlorz and D. Xanthakos. Lang, Arch f. Klin Chir 1968; 320: 126-136

5. Die Bedeutung epileptischer Anfälle bei Schläfenlappengeschwülsten.  (The significance of epileptic fits in patients with tumors of the temporal lobe.)   Med Welt  1969; 20: 638-641.

6. Versuchsanordnung zur extrakorporalen perfusion einer Schweineleber.(Experimental method extracorporal perfusion of a pig's liver.)   Haering R,   Brehme H, Dressler S, Kindler H,  Kotlorz H, Kuehn HG, Linkenbach HS, DePena-Perez R, Tung LC, Waldschmidt J and D. Xanthakos. Med Welt 1969;  20: 82-85.

 8. Acute Afferent Loop Syndrome. Xanthakos D, Macedonia JJ and RW  Zollinger. Chir  Gastroenterology 1973; 7: 260-271.    

  9. Bilateral Spiegelian Hernia. Xanthakos D. and  R W Zollinger. Intern. Surg 1975: 60: 623-624.    

10. Ohio Breast Cancer Survey 1960-1969. Sponsor by the Ohio Chapter  of American College of Surgeons Member Of Survey Committee. AM. J. Surgery 1971:122:765-769            

  11. Laparoscopic  Appendectomy;  a Technical Progress or a Marketing  Scheme?  D. Xanthakos  Presentation at the First European Congress of  the  European Association for Endoscopic  Surgery. E.A.E.S. Cologne,   June 3-5,  1993.)  Germany. Surg Endosc (1993) 7:266  Abstrc.

  12. Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy at the Community Hospital Level: a Prospective Analysis of 834 Consecutive Cases.  D. Xanthakos. Presentation at the 4th World Congress of Endoscopic  Surgery Kyoto, Japan. June 16-19, 1994. Surg. Endosc 1994, 8: 465 Abstrc.

13. Laparoscopic Appendectomy versus Conventional Appendectomy in a Community Hospital. D. Xanthakos. Presentation  at the 4th World Congress of Endoscopic Surgery Kyoto, Japan June 16-19, 1994. Surg. Endosc 1994,  8: 560 Abstrc

14. Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy:  Analysis of 734 Consecutive Cases without Bile Duct Injury. Presentation at the  EUROSURGERY ‘94, 4th European Congress of Surgery Berlin Germany, October 25-29, 1994 Abstract. Br. J. Surg. Vol.81, Supplement 1 Sept 1994, page 18

15. Laparoscopic Hernia repair. D. Xanthakos. Care 1995, 2:18 ( St. Luke’s  Hospital Publication)

16. The Superiority  of Percutaneous Laparoscopic Cholangiography.  D. Xanthakos, D. Evans, R. Morris T. Duckett.  Poster presentation (no:414) at the 4^th International Congress of the European Association of Endoscopic.  Surgery.  Trondheim,  Norway June 23-26, 1996

17. Stereotactic Breast Biopsy: Minimal Access Surgery or Interventional  Radiology? D. Xanthakos, D. E. Evans, R. K.  Morris, T. G. Duckett.   Surg Endosc (1997) 11:546. (Abstract). First    Joint Euro-Asian Congress  For Endoscopic Surgery. 17-21 June 1997, Istanbul, Turkey.  

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ASSAYS 

1. Acute Afferent Loop Syndrome: A Review of the Literature and an Experimental Study. Xanthakos D. and J. J. Macedonia.  Prize wining essay in the Resident Essay Contest of the Ohio Chapter of the American College of Surgeons. 15th Annual Meeting, September 25-26, 1970         

  2. Volvulus of the Colon. D. Xanthakos. Honorable Mention at the Resident Essay Contest of the Ohio Chapter of the American College of Surgeons. 16th annual meeting, 1971.

3. Minimal Access Surgery.  Essay presented to the Board and Medical Staff of the St. Luke's Hospital. July 12, 1991  

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 MEDICAL LECTURES

1.Die Bedeutung epileptischer Anfälle bei Schläfenlappen-Geschwülsten.  (The  Meaning of  Epileptic Fits in Patient with Temporal Lobe Epilepsy. Ketz E. and D. Xanthakos. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Sektion der International Liga gegen Epilepsie. Universitaets-Nervenklinik, Tübingen, Federal Republic of Germany. October 13, 1967.

  2. Management of the Obstruction of the Small and Large Intestine. Xanthakos D., Clinical  symposium of abdominal problems.  Medical  College of Ohio at Toledo.  August 27, 1971.

  3. Immunology and Cancer.  Xanthakos D.. Basic Science Seminar Series  at the Medical College of  Ohio at Toledo. February 4, 1972.

  4. Disorders of the skin: Thermal Injuries, Benign and Malignant Skin legions and tumors and  Replacements of Skin Losses; D. Xanthakos Instructor. MCO Surgical Seminars; Course 200-       Section 201.July 8-July 29, 1972

5. General Consideration of Trauma- Multiple Injuries. D. Xanthakos Instructor. MCO Department of Surgery: 1972-1974 Fundamental Problems in Surgery: Weekly-Saturday 10 a.m.

  6. Differential Diagnosis of Jaundice- Acute Appendicitis- Abdominal Wall Hernias. D. Xanthakos  Instructor. MCO Department of Surgery: 1972- 1974. Fundamental Problems in Surgery: Weekly-Saturday 11 a.m.

7. Acute Appendicitis.  Xanthakos D.. Digestive Tract and Nutrition. Lectures for medical students at  the Medical College of Ohio at Toledo. June 4, 1973

  8. Surgical Approach to Neoplasia. Xanthakos D.. Hematology, Oncology and Immunology Student's  lectures. Medical College of Ohio at Toledo.  1973

9. Cancer Immunology.  Xanthakos D.. R. W. Zollinger, M.D. 13th Annual  Recognition Day Columbus Ohio.  May 34, 1975.

10. Minimal Access Surgery: Personal Experience.  Xanthakos, D. Toledo Surgical Society. January 19,  1991.

11. Minimal Access Surgery. Lecture at the medical staff of the Riverside  Hospital. June 13, 1991.

12. New Frontiers in Endosurgery.  Local moderator of a satellite teleconference. Sheraton Hotel Southfield Michigan sponsored by Ethicon company.  May 15.  1991

13.  Minimal Access Surgery.  Lecture at the Rotary Club. 1991 Reynolds corner, Toledo Ohio.

14. Laparoscopic Appendectomy a Technical Progress or a Marketing  Scheme? Toledo Surgical Society January 15, 1993

15. European and American Health Problems and Medical Problems from  an Ontological Point of  View. Presentation at the Toledo area of the Phi-Beta-Kappa (ΦΒΚ) Graduate Association Alpha-of Ohio. May 3, 1993   

16. Laparoscopic Appendectomy, a Technical Progress or a Marketing Scheme? Presentation at the First  European Congress of the European Association for  Endoscopic Surgery. E.A.E.S. Cologne, June 3- 5, 1993. Germany.

17. Laparoscopic Surgery:  Everything the Family Physician Need to Know and May not Have Asked.   Presentation at the 43rd Ann, Scientific Assembly of the Ohio Academy of Family physicians. Toledo, Ohio. Aug. 13, 1993

18. Video Telescopic Surgery- Medical Progress or Technological Gimmick. Lecture at the St.Luke's   Hospital Medical Staff. Nov. 2, 1993.  Maumee Ohio.

19. The Role of Lumpectomy in the Surgical Treatment Of Breast Cancer. 7^th Heritage Seminar of the    Association of International Physicians of Northwest Ohio on “Early Cancer Detection and  Treatment” March 15, 1994 St. Luke’s Hospital Maumee Ohio

20. Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy at the Community Hospital Level: A prospective Analysis of  830 consecutive Cases. Toledo Surgical Society, January 20, 1994

21. Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy at the Community Hospital Level: a Prospective Analysis of  834  Consecutive Cases. D. Xanthakos. Presentation at the 4th World Congress of Endoscopic Surgery.  Kyoto  Japan,  June 16-19, 1994. 

22. Laparoscopic Appendectomy versus Conventional Appendectomy in a Community Hospital: A Prospective Review of 377 cases. Presentation at the 4th World Congress of Endoscopic Surgery Kyoto Japan,  June, 16-19, 1994

  23. Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy:  Analysis of 734 Consecutive Cases without Bile Duct Injury. Presentation at the EUROSURGERY ‘94, 4th European Congress of Surgery Berlin Germany, October 25-29, 1994

24. Chairman Scientific Session of Billiary Surgery at the 4th Eurosurgery Congress in Berlin Germany,  October 25-29,1994 

25. Minimal Invasive Surgery.  Presentation at The Maumee Rotary Club Jan. 25,1995

26. Surgical Treatment of Breast Cancer.   Presentation at Northwest Ohio Imaging Society Mammography Seminar. St. Vincent Hospital Toledo Ohio.  June 24, 1995    

27. Laparoscopic Surgery for Gastrointestinal Disease.  At the “Updates in Gastrointestinal Diseases”, 9^th Heritage Seminar of the Association of International Physicians of Northwest Ohio. St. Luke’s  Hospital Maumee Ohio. April 10, 1996

  28. The Next Frontier in Minimal Invasive Surgery: Stereotactic Breast  Biopsy  for Diagnosis and   Treatment of Non-palpable Breast Tumors  T. G. Duckett, D. K. Evans, R. K. Morris, D. Xanthakos Presentation at the Toledo Surgical Society. January 23, 1997

29. The Superiority of Percutaneous Cholecysto-Cholangiography during Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy.  D. Xanthakos, T. G. Duckett, D. K. Evans, R. K. Morris,. Presentation at the Toledo Surgical Society. January 23, 1997

30. The Superiority  of Percutaneous Laparoscopic Cholangiography.  D. Xanthakos, D. Evans, R. Morris T. Duckett.  Poster presentation (no:414) at the 4^th International Congress of the European Association of Endoscopic.  Surgery.  Trondheim, Norway June 23-26, 1996

31..Friction in Laparoscopic Hernia Repair. D. Xanthakos, .  T. G. Duckett, D. K .Evans, R. K Morris. E. Riza. The Toledo Surgical Society. Members Presentations. Jan. 22, 1998

32. Problems and Complications of Minimal Invasive Surgery. Tree day Seminar in technological  Surgery 10/16-18/2000 General Hospital Sparta, Greece

33. Basic skills and Hemostasis in Minimal Invasive surgery. Tree day Seminar in technological Surgery  10/16-18/2000 General Hospital Sparta, Greece

34. Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy; anatomy-tools-prophylaxis and treatment of complications. Three  Day Seminar in technological Surgery 10/16-18/2000 General Hospital Sparta, Greece

35. Diagnostic laparoscopy for the acute abdomen. Tree day Seminar in technological Surgery 10/16- 18/2000 General Hospital Sparta, Greece

36. New Horizons in the surgery of the breast; Stereotactic biopsy. Lecture at the Johnson & Johnson  Conference Holiday Inn Hotel Athens, Greece. 10/21/00

37. Stereotactic Biopsy in the diagnosis of breast tumors. 4^th Panpeloponnesian Medical Congress. Tripolis, Greece. 10/22/00

38. The Role of Laparoscopic Surgery in the Diagnosis and Treatment of the Acute Abdomen. 4^th   Panpeloponnesian Medical Congress. Tripolis, Greece. 10/22/00

39. Complications of Laparoscopic Surgery. Nurses Education Program St. Luke’s Hospital Maumee Ohio Jan.29, 2001

40. The Essence of Stereotactic Breast Biopsy: A Minimal Access Surgery or an Interventional Radiological Procedure? D. Xanthakos, The Toledo Surgical Society. Members Presentations. March 1, 2001

41. The Essence of Stereotactic Breast Biopsy: A Minimal Access Surgery or an Interventional  Radiological Procedure? Xanthakos, D., Benedict, M., Duckett, T. G.,   Evans, D. K., Morris, R. K. European Association for Endoscopic Surgery  Maastricht Holland The Toledo Surgical Society. Members Presentations. June 13-16, (Thursday 14^th) 2001

42. The Essence of Stereotactic Breast Biopsy and its Impact on the Treatment of Image-Detected  Breast Cancer; “A review of history, literature and a look at the St. Luke’s evidence. Lecture at St. Luke’s Hospital Medial Staff Meeting October 2, 1001

43. The Influence of Stereotactic Breast Biopsy with Mammotome on the Staging in Breast cancer. Xanthakos, D, Evans, D. Roundtable Presentation Congress of Greek Breast Society; Thessalonica Greece March 8, 2002  

44. Stereotactic Breast Biopsy with Mammotome: Another Step to Early Detection of Breast Cancer. Congress of North Cyprus Medical Association:  2nd Medical Days;  November 2, 2003 Nicosia Cyprus 

45. The Role of Minimal Invasive Surgery in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Colon Cancer.  Congress of North Cyprus Medical Association:  2nd Medical Days;  November 2, 2003 Nicosia Cyprus 

46. Inguinal Hernia Cause and Repair From the Point View of Solid Body Mechanics; Lecture with Video Presentation. Congress of North Cyprus Medical Association:  2nd Medical Days;  November 2, 2003 Nicosia Cyprus 

47. Transferring Minimal Access Surgery Expertise as a Medical Mission: L’ Esperanza Experience. Health Care Missions Symposium: Technology and Communications In Medical Missions February 21, 2004, MCO Toledo, Ohio

48. Breast biopsy with the Mammotome; the American experience. Breast Symposium Hippocrateion Hospital, University of Athens, Greece. May 15, 2004

49. Breast Cancer: Diagnosis and Therapy Overview. Lecture at Women's Group at Xirokampion-Lakonias Greece October 10, 2005

50. Health in the Age of Globalization.  "Pneumatike"(Intelectual) "Estia" (Hearth)  Society Sparta Greece November 4 2005

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WORKSHOPS AND PROCTORING IN MINIMAL INVASIVE SURGERY

1. Instruction of the Surgeons in Laparoscopic Gallbladder Surgery at the General Hospital of Laconia at Sparta Greece, from Aug.19, 1996 to Sept. 12 1996.

2. Instruction of the Surgeons in Laparoscopic Hernia Repair at the General Hospital of Laconia at Sparta Greece, from Oct.13,1997 to Oct. 28. 1997.

3. Seminar in Teaching the Fundamental Skills of Laparoscopic Surgery in Gynecology and General Surgery. General Hospital of Laconia at Sparta Greece (October1999).

4. A Three Days Minimal Invasive Surgery Workshop Focused to Fundamental Skills and Complications of Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy at the General Hospital of Laconia at Sparta Greece 16-18 October, 2000.

5. A Two Days Minimal Invasive Surgery Workshop with Internet Broadcast (Tele-mentoring) Focused on Fundamental Skills and Complications of Laparoscopic Hernia Repair at the General Hospital of  Laconia at Sparta Greece 25-26 June, 2001.

6. Instruction of  a Honduran Surgeon on the Fundamental Skills of Minimal Invasive Surgery. February 2002 at St. Luke’s Hospital Maumee, Ohio.

8. Laparoscopic Hernia Repair Demonstration. Nicosia General Hospital.  November 3, 2003 Nicosia (Northern) Cyprus 

9. Workshop on the Fundamental Skills of Minimal Access Surgery. Northern Cyprus Medical association (Collaboration with R.Med.Inc.) November 3, 2003 Nicosia (Northern) Cyprus 

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HUMANISTIC LECTURES
 

                   1. Why and how we became subjects of the Turks? Presentation on                      the Greek Independence Day Celebration March 26, 1978. Holy                        Trinity Community. Toledo Ohio 

2. Genealogy of the Greeks.  Presentation at the  Educational          Foundation of Ypsilanti Chapter 118 of the  order of A.H.E.P.A.      1986

                   3. The Shield of Achilles by Homer.  Presentation at the Hellenic
                       Professional Society of the University of Toledo, Ohio. 1988 

   4.  Greece and the Greeks.  Presentation in the Cultural and                Educational Lectures Series of the Association of International         Physicians of  Northwest Ohio. Jan. 20, 1992

   5. Relation of Orthodox Christianity and Greek Culture. Presentation
       at Greek Letter Day celebration Sunday Jan. 31, 1993 Greek
       Educational Building Toledo, Ohio

   6. Point of reference of Greeks in Diaspora.  Lecture at the Spartan
   Intellectual Club at the City Hall of Sparta  Greece. Nov. 2, 1995

   7. Disease of the Consumption Society.  Lecture at the Culture
    Society of Xirokampion Sparta, Greece. Sept.11, 1996

   8. Technological Surgery . Lecture at the Spartan Intellectual Club at
     the City Hall of Sparta  Greece.  Nov. 2, 1996

   9. Lost Elements of Greek Civilization: one evening in the inland of the
    Phaeceans. Lecture at the Spartan Intellectual Club at the City Hall
    of Sparta  Greece. Oct.20,2000

   10. Tyrtaios the Poet of "EU". Lecture at the Spartan Intellectual Club
      at the City Hall of Sparta  Greece. Oct.24,2004

   11. The Influence of Sparta In the World. Presentation at the 
      Educational Foundation of Ypsilanti Chapter
      118  of the order of A.H.E.P.A. Jan. 14, 2005

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