Orthoplastic
Limb Preservation
A peer-reviewed bimonthly journal publishing original research, technical notes, and long-form case material in the surgical preservation of the human limb — convened across orthopedic, plastic, podiatric, and vascular disciplines.
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
Dr. Christopher Bibbo, FACS, FAAOS, FACFAS
Convened across all orthoplastic disciplines.
The Editorial Board is composed of practicing surgeons, physicians, and specialists whose work has advanced the field of limb preservation.
Section Editors
- Christopher Bibbo, DO, DPM, Philadelphia, PA
- Suhail Masadeh, DPM, Cincinnati, OH
- Lee C. Rodgers, DPM, San Antonio, TX
- Luca Dalla Paola, MD, Cotignola, Italy
- Richard A. Berg, MD, Baltimore, MD
- Amr Azzam, MD, Cairo, Egypt
- Christopher Bibbo, DO, DPM, Philadelphia, PA
- Mohamed A. Ellabban, MD, Ismailia, Egypt
- David A. Ehrlich, MD, Philadelphia, PA
- Sameer A. Patel, MD, Philadelphia, PA
- Edgardo Rodriguez-Collazo, DPM, Chicago, IL
- Adam C. Walchak, MD, Philadelphia, PA
- Michael D. Caldwell, MD, PhD, Marshfield, WI
- Ankur Gandhi, PhD, Metuchen, NJ
- Sheldon S. Lin, MD, Newark, NJ
- Calvin Zhang, MD, MBA, Durham, NC
- David J. Polga, MD, Marshfield, WI
- Michael S. Sirkin, MD, East Stroudsburg, PA
- Carroll P. Jones III, MD, Charlotte, NC
- Selene G. Parekh, MD, MBA, Princeton, NJ
- William L. Hickerson, MD, Memphis, TN
- John V. Ingari, MD, Baltimore, MD
- Adam C. Walchak, MD, Philadelphia, PA
- Edward Soriano, DO, Westernport, MD
- Michael D. Caldwell, MD, PhD, Marshfield, WI
- Ankur Gandhi, PhD, Metuchen, NJ
- John S. Starinski, DPM, MS, Stroudsburg, PA
- Ibrahim Abuomira, MD, Assiut, Egypt
- Michael Assayag, MD, Baltimore, MD
- Juan Leal, MD, Valencia, Venezuela
- Mohamed Fadel, MD, El Minya, Egypt
- Mikhail Samchukov, MD, Dallas, TX
- Mark Solomon, DPM, Morristown, NJ
- Phillip Wrotslavsky, DPM, San Diego, CA
- Dennis Haun, CPO, Baltimore, MD
- Edward Soriano, DO, Westernport, MD
- Rocco A. Barbieri, MD, Jackson, MS
- John V. Ingari, MD, Baltimore, MD
- Adam C. Walchak, MD, Philadelphia, PA
- Jake Brownwell, DPM, Philadelphia, PA
- Jacob Hagenbucher, DPM, Madison, WI
- Suhail Masadeh, DPM, Cincinnati, OH
- Collin E. Pehde, DPM, San Antonio, TX
- Lee C. Rodgers, DPM, San Antonio, TX
- Michael Subik, DPM, Passaic, NJ
- Mihyun Jang, DNP, MPH, RN, Baltimore, MD
- Kristian Ulloa, MD, Baltimore, MD
- Ghaleb A. Darwazeh, MD, Loma Linda, CA
- Andrea L. Lubitz, MD, MPH, Philadelphia, PA
- Janet Conway, MD, Baltimore, MD
- P. Andrew Crisologo, DPM, Dallas, TX
- Richard A. Berg, MD, Baltimore, MD
- Juan Leal, MD, Valencia, Venezuela
- Janet Conway, MD, Baltimore, MD
- Michael Mont, MD, Baltimore, MD
- Thomas J. Gilbert, III, DO, FACHM, Baltimore, MD
- Lee C. Rodgers, DPM, San Antonio, TX
Vol. I · No. 1
Forthcoming publication
What the Journal publishes.
Each bimonthly 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.
The Journal is currently making a call for articles. We welcome submissions from practicing surgeons, physicians-in-training, and allied investigators. Please email your manuscript directly to the editorial team.
Manuscripts are submitted by emailing them directly to oplpreserve@gmail.com. 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 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.
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 bimonthly issue.
The Journal of Orthoplastic Limb Preservation
A publication of the Orthoplastic Limb Preservation Society