Treatment of Infected Tibial Metaphyseal Nonunions Using the Ilizarov Method: Protocol for a Prospective Nonrandomized Study

Konstantinos Sidiropoulos   ^{1, 2 *} , MD ;   Andreas Panagopoulos   ^{3 *} , MD, PhD ;   Stelios F Assimakopoulos   ^{4, 5} , MD, PhD ;   Panagiotis Givissis   ⁶ , MD, PhD ;   Antonios Kouzelis   ³ , MD, PhD ;   Ioannis Vrachnis   ³ , MD ;   John Lakoumentas   ⁷ , PhD ;   Alkis Saridis   ^{8, 9} , MD, PhD

¹ Emergency Department, Papageorgiou General Hospital of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece

² Medical School, University of Patras, Patras, Greece

³ Orthopaedic Department, Patras University Hospital, Patras, Greece

⁴ Department of Internal Medicine & Infectious Diseases, Patras University Hospital, Patras, Greece

⁵ Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Patras, Patras, Greece

⁶ Orthopaedic Department, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece

⁷ Department of Physics, Patras University Hospital, Patras, Greece

⁸ Orthopaedic Department, General Hospital of Drama, Drama, Greece

⁹ Orthopaedic Department, General Hospital of Serres, Serres, Greece

*these authors contributed equally