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Androniki Drakou | |
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![]() Androniki Drakou at the
EFORT orthopaedics and traumatology conference, Barcelona 2018 | |
Born | Androniki Drakou December 9, 1965 |
Nationality | Greek |
Education |
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki University of Sheffield University of Glasgow |
Scientific career | |
Fields | orthopaedic surgery |
Institutions | Laiko General Hospital |
Androniki Drakou (born 1965), also known as Nina Drakou, is a Greek doctor descended from Komotini, Greece [1] specialized in orthopedic surgery. [2] She is currently the Director of the Orthopaedics Clinic of Laiko General Hospital. [3]
Drakou graduated from the Medical School of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in 1991. She also holds a MPhil from the University of Sheffield (2008)and a postgraduate diploma in Principles of Computer-Assisted Knee Arthroplasty from the University of Glasgow (2011). [2]
Nina Drakou is known for pioneering complex operations in orthopaedic surgery. In 2018 she led a team of orthopaedic surgeons in applying limb-lengthening intramedullary nails activated by an external electromagnetic field on a young patient with achondroplasia. The operation took place at Laiko General and it was the first of its kind to be performed in a Greek public hospital. [4] At the same hospital, in 2020 she performed the first operation using computer-aided simulation and 3-D printing to reconstruct the deformed thigh bone of a patient with a rare bone disease. The surgical procedure was developed by a team of researchers, engineers and orthopaedic surgeons from Balgrist University (Zurich) and the Orthopaedic team of Laiko General under the direction of Drakou. [5]
Her research interests include limb reconstruction by distraction osteogenesis, complex trauma, bone infection, rare skeletal diseases as well as computer assisted and minimally invasive arthroplasty of the hip & knee, [2] while she has presented her work at related medical seminars and conferences. [6] [7]