Immediately after the injury occurred, TSG's medical department involved several external specialists in the treatment and therapy process, and the prospects seemed to look good that a conservative approach would allow the player to make a return to the field in the near future. However, after additional problems occurred in the past few days, the decision has been taken for the Mosbach-born midfielder to undergo surgery and as a result he will be not be available to play for the remainder of this season. 

Konstantinos Stafylidis, 27, who had returned to team training after recovering from a serious shoulder problem, injured himself without any outside interference while training on Saturday. A thorough examination has revealed that the Greek defender has suffered a fracture of the tibial plateau and will be out for several weeks.

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