Orthoplastic
Limb Preservation
A planned open-access, peer-reviewed quarterly that will publish original research, technical notes, and long-form case material in the surgical preservation of the human limb — convened across orthopedic, plastic, podiatric, vascular, and wound-care disciplines.
The inaugural issue is anticipated in 2026.
Mock Cover · Inaugural Issue
A preview of the inaugural issue.
The Journal’s first issue is in development. The table of contents below illustrates the categories and scope the Editorial Board intends to publish — actual titles and authors will be announced as manuscripts are accepted.
Editorial Mock — for illustration only
- i.Editorial
The Orthoplastic Limb: A Charter for the Field.
The Founding Board
pp.1–6 - ii.Original Research
Long-term functional outcomes in free-flap reconstruction of the lower extremity: a ten-year retrospective series.
(Authors to be announced)
pp.7–24 - iii.Technical Note
A staged protocol for diabetic hindfoot preservation integrating vascular, orthopedic, and plastic teams.
(Authors to be announced)
pp.25–38 - iv.Long-Form Case
Limb salvage following high-voltage electrical injury: a case of multidisciplinary staged reconstruction.
(Authors to be announced)
pp.39–54 - v.Review
Endovascular revascularization in the setting of complex lower-limb trauma: indications, technique, and outcomes.
(Authors to be announced)
pp.55–76 - vi.Correspondence
On the necessary persistence of the orthoplastic team.
(Authors to be announced)
pp.77–78
Why publish a journal, now?
The case is made, in the operating theatre, hundreds of times each week. A limb once given up for amputation is, by careful sequence of revascularization and reconstruction, returned to its owner. The record of such cases — with honest account of outcome, follow-up, and failure — is too often confined to conversation among colleagues, or scattered across journals whose scope includes neither the entirety of the method nor the entirety of the team.
The Journal of Orthoplastic Limb Preservation is our remedy. It will publish — openly and without access fees to its readers — the research, the technique, and the long-form case material that this discipline has long required but lacked. It will be what a medical journal should be: a record, maintained in good faith, of what works and what does not.
The Editor-in-Chief
(Name to be announced)
Convened across five specialties.
The Editorial Board is composed of practicing surgeons and physicians whose work has advanced the field of orthoplastic limb preservation.
Board composition shown is indicative · Final appointments forthcoming
What the Journal publishes.
Each quarterly issue carries original research, technical communications, and long-form clinical accounts, drawn from the international membership of the Society and from contributing colleagues across the five founding disciplines.
Original Research
5,000 – 8,000 words
Prospective and retrospective clinical studies, outcomes research, registry data, and translational investigation pertinent to limb preservation.
Technical Notes
2,000 – 3,500 words
Descriptions of surgical technique, device deployment, or protocol innovation, accompanied by intraoperative imagery and diagram.
Long-Form Case
2,500 – 5,000 words
Detailed account of a single case or short series of unusual complexity or didactic value, with long-term follow-up.
Review Articles
6,000 – 10,000 words
Systematic or narrative review on topics of current clinical or academic interest, by invitation or by submission.
Editorials & Correspondence
500 – 1,500 words
Commissioned commentary, response to published work, and letters advancing discussion of material appearing in the Journal.
A call for manuscripts.
When the Journal opens for submissions, manuscripts will be welcomed from practicing surgeons, physicians-in-training, and allied investigators across the founding disciplines. The Society is currently registering interest from prospective contributors and reviewers.
Manuscripts are submitted through the Society's editorial portal. Authors are asked to include a cover letter, the manuscript itself, figures, and any relevant disclosures.
All submissions are screened by the Editor-in-Chief within seven days for suitability of scope, adherence to guidelines, and alignment with the Journal's editorial standards.
Eligible manuscripts are assigned to a panel of two or three anonymous reviewers, drawn from the Editorial Board and invited specialists. Review is typically completed within six weeks.
Authors receive reviewer comments and the Editor's decision. Revised manuscripts are re-assessed and, on acceptance, scheduled for publication in a forthcoming issue.
Accepted articles are assigned a DOI, copyedited and typeset by the Journal, and published openly — ahead of print online, and in the next quarterly issue.
An open journal of record.
All articles are published under a Creative Commons open-access license and are available without fee to readers worldwide.
Creative Commons Attribution — open access in perpetuity.
Every article registered with a digital object identifier.
Reduced for Society members; waivers available on request.
Hosted on Open Journal Systems, managed by Public Knowledge Project.
The record will begin in MMXXVI.
Once published, all issues of the Journal will be maintained in perpetuity and remain freely accessible to readers.
The first issue is anticipated in MMXXVI · No archived issues yet
The Journal of Orthoplastic Limb Preservation
A publication of the Orthoplastic Limb Preservation Society