Eleftherios Vairaktaris ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL SURGEON

Member Scientific Societies

• European Association for Cranio-Maxillo-Facial Surgery
• British Association for Oral and Maxillo-Facial Surgeons
• Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Mund-Kiefer- und Gesichtschirurgie
• Rhinoplasty Society of Europe

Board Member

• Oral Oncology
• Oral & Maxillofacial Surg
• J. Clin. Dent.

Editorial Boards

• Neoplasia
• British Journal of Cancer
• Clinical Immunology
• BMC Cancer
• Journal of Oral Pathology and Medicine

POSITIONS HELD and up to date PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:

• Consultant, HYGEIA Hospital, Athens, Greece
• Professor of Maxillofacial Surgery – Facial Plastic Surgery. Surgical Sector of the Medical School at the University of Athens.
• Created and Organized the University Maxillofacial Surgery Clinic of the Medical School at the University of Athens and its Research Laboratory.
• Responsible for various Research Protocols and Programs, some of which are in the final stage of their completion.
• Director of the University Maxillofacial Surgery Clinic of the Medical School at the University of
• Director of the University Plastic Surgery Clinic of the Medical School at the University of Athens.
• Responsible for two courses taught at the University of Athens Medical School:

1. Maxillofacial Surgery and
2. Plastic Surgery.

• Primary supervisor in more than 10 Doctoral
• Private Medical Practice & Clinic.

CLINICAL INTEREST:

Surgeries in Ambulatory patients performed at the private Medical Practice, as well as in Hospitalized patients performed in various clinics with extensive experience in:

• Full modern range of Oral and Maxillofacial surgery and
• Facial Plastic Surgery.

Surgeries performed with local anesthesia or sedation

• Dental Implants – Bone Augmentation – Bone Transplantation
• Skin Implants (Hyaluronic – Botox).
• Removal of Tumors from the Skin of the Face and Local Plastic Restoration of the Loss.
• Removal of Tumors in the Mouth.
• Facial Plastic Surgery.
• Pre-prosthetic Surgery.
• Oral Surgery (Cysts, Abscesses, Impacted Teeth).

Surgeries performed with General Anesthesia

• Dentofacial Deformities – Orthognathic Surgery
• Tumor Removing Surgery of the Face, Jaws and the Mouth as well as complete Reconstruction of the loss (transplantation of bone and soft tissue using Microsurgery).
• Cosmetic Facial Surgery.
• Fractures of the craniofacial complex.
• Cleft lip and palate surgical repair.
• Salivary Glands surgery

Surgeries performed by us for the first time, that we know of, in Greece

• Transplantation of Radial Forearm flap (from the hand) for the Reconstruction of loss in a tongue cancer case.
• Τransplantation of Scapula after removing the entire maxilla and fully functional recovery by placing Dental Implants on it.

• Honorary Professor at the Medical University of Vienna – Austria.
• 1st Prize Award in Basic Research at the International Congress of Oral Oncology (Amsterdam, 17-20 May 2007) presented to one of the three fields of our recent research work.

WRITING AND EDITORIAL WORK:

Papers

• Foreign language Papers: 156
• Greek language Papers: 33

Books

Author of the Book “Maxillofacial Surgery” written by “Vairaktaris, Schwenzer, Neukam”, consisting of 52 Chapters and 1280 pages.

Ed. House Paschalidis 2007 and new version in 2017 (under print).

Chapters in Medical literature:

I. Dental Implants in difficult cases (Zahnaerztliche Implantologie unter schwierigen Umstaende): NEUKAM et.al., Thieme Verlag.

II. Oncogene Proteins: Structure, Functions and Analyses, Editors: P.B. MURPHY and J.R. CLARKE, pp. 275-296, Nova Science Publishers, Inc., 2008.

Evaluation of our Writing Work

• Citations (International References of our work): 3107
• index: 34

Masticatory Rehabilitation of a Patient With Cleft Lip and Palate Malformation Using a Maxillary Full-Arch Reconstruction With a Prefabricated Fibula Flap.

NKENKE E., VAIRAKTARIS E., SCHLITTENBAUER T., EITNER S.

Cleft Palate Craniofac J. 2016 Nov;53(6):736-740.

The relevance of EGFR overexpression for the prediction of the malignant transformation of oral leukoplakia.

RIES J., VAIRAKTARIS E., AGAIMY A., BECHTOLD M., GORECKI P., NEUKAM F., NKENKE E.

Oncol Rep. 2013 Sep;30(3):1149-56.

Single horizontal Y-V vermilion plasty including orbicularis oris muscle repair for secondary correction of the whistling defect: a universal technique.

NKENKE E., VAIRAKTARIS E., STELZLE F., SCHELLER K.

Med Oral Patol Oral Cir Bucal. 2013 Mar 1;18(2):257-62.

Superficial skin sensitivity impairment and skeletal stability after sagittal split ramus osteotomy. 

NKENKE E., VAIRAKTARIS E., BAUERSACHS A., HERTRICH K., STELZLE F., SCHELLER K.

J Craniofac Surg. 2012 Nov;23(6):1900-5.

Acceptance of virtual dental implant planning software in an undergraduate curriculum: a pilot study.

NKENKE E., VAIRAKTARIS E., BAUERSACHS A., EITNER S., BUDACH A., KNIPFER C., STELZLE F.

BMC Med Educ. 2012 Sep 29;12:90

Secondary reconstruction of posttraumatic enophthalmos: prefabricated implants vs titanium mesh.

NKENKE E., VAIRAKTARIS E., SPITZER M., KRAMER M., STAMMINGER M., HOLBACH L., KNIPFER C., STELZLE F.

Arch Facial Plast Surg. 2011 Jul-Aug;13(4):271-7

Osteotomy and primary wound closure in bisphosphonate-associated osteonecrosis of the jaw: a prospective clinical study with 12 months follow-up.  STOCKMANN P., VAIRAKTARIS E., WEHRHAN F., SEISS M., SCHWARZ S., SPRIEWALD B., NEUKAM FW., NKENKE E.

Support Care Cancer. 2010 Apr;18(4):449-60.

Orbital cellulitis, orbital subperiosteal and intraorbital abscess. Cases report and review of the literature.

VAIRAKTARIS, MM. MOSCHOS, S. VASSILIOU, S. BALTATZIS, E. KALIMERAS, D. AVGOUSTIDIS, Z. PAPPAS, MN. MOSCHOS

J Craniomaxillofac Surg 2009 Apr;37(3):132-6.

Gene polymorphisms related to angiogenesis, inflammation and thrombosis that influence risk for oral cancer.

VAIRAKTARIS, Z. SEREFOGLOU, D. AVGOUSTIDIS, C. YAPIJAKIS, E. CRITSELIS, A. VYLLIOTIS, S. SPYRIDONIDOU, S. DERKA, S. VASSILIOU, E. NKENKE, E. PATSOURIS.

Oral Oncol 2009 Mar;45(3):247-53. 

Bisphosphonate-induced avascular osteonecrosis of the mandible associated with a common thrombophilic mutation in the prothrombin gene.

VAIRAKTARIS, VASSILIOU S, D. AVGOUSTIDIS, P. STATHOPOULOS, T. TOYOSHIMA, C. YAPIJAKIS

J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2009 Sep;67(9):2009-12. 

Diabetes enhances cell proliferation but not Bax/Bcl-2-mediated apoptosis during oral oncogenesis.

VAIRAKTARIS E., KALOKERINOS G., GOUTZANIS L., YAPIJAKIS C., DERKA S., VASSILIOU S., SPYRIDONIDOU S., VYLLIOTIS A., NKENKE E., LAZARIS A., PATSOURIS E.

Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2008 Jan;37(1):60-5.

A metalloproteinase-9 polymorphism which affects its expression is associated with increased risk for oral squamous cell carcinoma.

VAIRAKTARIS E., VASSILIOU S., NKENKE E., SEREFOGLOU Z., DERKA S., TSIGRIS C., VYLLIOTIS A., YAPIJAKIS C., NEUKAM FW., PATSOURIS E.

Eur J Surg Oncol. 2008 Apr;34(4):450-5.

Delayed Appearance of Diplopia due to Orbital Emphysema after repair of Orbital Fractures.

VAIRAKTARIS, MM. MOSCHOS, S. VASSILIOU, E. KALIMERAS, D. AVGOUSTIDIS, MN. MOSCHOS

Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod 2008 Jul;106(1)

Diabetes enhances cell proliferation but not Bax/Bcl–2 mediated apoptosis during oral oncogenesis.

VAIRAKTARIS, G. KALOKERINOS, L. GOUTZANIS, C. YAPIJAKIS, S. DERKA, S. VASSILIOU, S. SPYRIDONIDOU, A. VYLLIOTIS, E. NKENKE, AC LAZARIS, E. PATSOURIS.

Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg 2008;37(1):60–65.

The interleukin–10 (–1082A/G) polymorphism is strongly associated with increased risk for oral squamous cell carcinoma.

VAIRAKTARIS, C. YAPIJAKIS, Z. SEREFOGLOU, S. DERKA, S. VASSILIOU, E. NKENKE, A. VYLLIOTIS, S. SPYRIDONISOU, FW NEUKAM, E. PATSOURIS.

Anticancer Res 2008;28(1A):309–314.

A DNA polymorphism of Stromal Derived Factor–I is associated with advanced stages of oral cancer.

VAIRAKTARIS, A. VYLLIOTIS, S. SPYRIDONIDOU, S. DERKA, S. VASSILIOU, E. NKENKE, C. YAPIJAKIS, Z. SEREFOGLOU, FW NEUKAM, E. PATSOURIS.

Anticancer Res 2008;28(1Α):271–276.