About L.M. (Lea) Kessling
Introduction
I am a PhD candidate in pediatric orthopaedic surgery with a clinical and research focus on rare upper and lower limb deformities in children. My research interests include limb lengthening, post-traumatic cubitus varus, congenital radioulnar synostosis, and the evaluation of surgical outcomes using imaging techniques and patient-reported outcome measures. A key goal of my work is to improve evidence-based decision-making in conditions with inherently small patient populations.
I started my PhD on 1 September and currently work alongside my research as an ANIOS in orthopaedics. Prior to this, I worked as an ANIOS in orthopaedics in Breda, and before that in Germany, my country of origin, where I conducted my doctoral thesis in the field of foot and ankle surgery.
I started my PhD on 1 September and currently work alongside my research as an ANIOS in orthopaedics. Prior to this, I worked as an ANIOS in orthopaedics in Breda, and before that in Germany, my country of origin, where I conducted my doctoral thesis in the field of foot and ankle surgery.
Field(s) of expertise
• Pediatric orthopaedics
• Limb lengthening
• Upper and lower limb deformities
• Post-traumatic cubitus varus
• Congenital radioulnar synostosis
• Congenital tibial pseudarthrosis
• Sonographic bone regeneration assessment
• Patient-reported outcome measures
• Limb lengthening
• Upper and lower limb deformities
• Post-traumatic cubitus varus
• Congenital radioulnar synostosis
• Congenital tibial pseudarthrosis
• Sonographic bone regeneration assessment
• Patient-reported outcome measures
Current research project
STRETCH -Sonographic tissue evaluation of bone regenerate in children undergoing limb lengthening
ALIGN- Algorithm for upper Limb deformIty correction in GrowiNg children
ALIGN- Algorithm for upper Limb deformIty correction in GrowiNg children
