International research network

Measuring what matters in limb reconstruction, the same way, everywhere

RECONS, the Reconstructive Orthopaedics Core Outcomes and Standardisation Network, brings together surgeons, researchers and patients to develop shared standards for measuring outcomes in limb lengthening and reconstruction.

Our work Join the network

12institutions
7countries
5continents

Core Network Partners
International collaborators

Coordinated from Aalborg University Hospital, Denmark · collaborators from 20+ countries

What we do

1
Core outcomes

An agreed minimum set of outcomes that every study of limb lengthening and reconstruction should report, built through an international Delphi and consensus process.
2
Standardisation

Shared definitions of how, when and with which instruments these outcomes are measured, so results can be compared across centres and countries.
3
Patient voice

Focus groups and interviews with patients and families in four countries, so the outcomes we measure reflect lived experience.