**Author details**

Panagiotis Tsikouras1 \*, Xanthoula Anthoulaki1 , Theodora Deftereou1 , Anna Chalkidou1 , Anastasia Bothou<sup>2</sup> , Fotini Gaitatzi1 , Eleftherios Chatzimichael1 , Selma Gyroglou1 , Arsou Chalil Bourazan1 , George Stanulov1 , Spyridon Michalopoulos1 , John Tsirkas1 , Irene Babageogaka1 , Werner Rath4 , Georg-Friedrich Von Tempelhoff<sup>5</sup> , Stefanos Zervoudis2 , Georgios Iatrakis3 , Georgios Galazios1 and Nikolaos Nikolettos1

1 Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis, Greece

2 REA Hospital, Athens, Greece

3 University of West Attica, Athens, Greece

4 Faculty of Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospital Schles-wig-Holstein, Kiel, Germany

5 Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, St. Vincenz Hospital Hanau, Hanau, Germany

\*Address all correspondence to: ptsikour@med.duth.gr

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