The International Journal of Lower Extremity Wounds
The International Journal of Lower Extremity Wounds concentrates on in-depth multidisciplinary reviews of evidence-based diagnostic techniques and methods, disease and patient management, and surgical and medical therapeutics for lower extremity wounds such as burns, stomas, ulcers, fistulas, and traumatic wounds.
The journal emphasizes the science and practice of lower extremity wound care from major theoretical advances to tested clinical practice. Such care includes soft tissue reconstruction, musculoskeletal surgery, neurologic depreciation, prosthetics, and the legal and economic implications of wound management. The journal also offers evaluations of assessment and monitoring tools, dressings, gels, cleansers, pressure management, footwear/orthotics, casting, and bioengineered skin.The International Journal of Lower Extremity Wounds presents focused original articles, literature reviews, case reports, and commentaries about specialized topics by leading wound physicians, vascular and orthopedic surgeons, diabetologists, podiatrists, nurses, and other health-care specialists, such as:
- Preventing and healing wounds
- Early signs of tissue breakdown
- Infection control
- Debridement of wounds
- Objective assessment
- Significance of the size, color, and depth of wounds
- Skin care management
- Difficult-to-heal wounds due to a number of conditions which compromise circulation
- Revascularization
- Alternative and complementary care integrated with conventional care
- Advanced wound care technologies such as hyperbaric oxygen therapy and wound vacs
This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
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The International Journal of Lower Extremity Wounds is a quarterly publication for clinicians and researchers working in lower extremity wound care management. The journal is an international, peer-reviewed publication featuring original contributions of interest to all those involved in the treatment and research of lower extremity wounds. The journal features original articles, case reports, paradigm shifting reviews as well as articles focusing on soft tissue reconstruction, musculoskeletal surgery, neurologic depreciation, prosthetics, and the legal and economic implications of wound management. The Journal will appeal to a large interdisciplinary audience. Papers will be recruited from and will appeal to vascular surgeons, reconstructive plastic surgeons, podiatrists, orthopedic foot and ankle specialists, pedorthotists, interventional radiologists, physiatrists specializing in amputee rehabilitation, and physical therapists.
| Nikolaos Papanas, MD, PhD | Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis, Greece |
| Massimo Papi, MD | National Institute for Health, Migration and Poverty, Rome, Italy |
| Kittipan Rerkasem, MD, PhD, MBA | Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand |
| Ragjopal Mani, DSc, FACA, FIPEM | University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, UK |
| F. Javier Aragón Sánchez, MD, PhD | Unidad de Pie Diabético / Diabetic Foot Unit, Hospital La Paloma / La Paloma Hospital, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain |
| David Armstrong, MD | Professor, Department of Surgery, University of Arizona, USA |
| Mike Edmonds, MD, FRCP | King’s College Hospital, London, UK |
| Xiaobing Fu, MD, PhD | Wound Healing and Cell Biology Laboratory, The First Affiliated Hospital (304th Hospital), Beijing, China |
| Georgina Gethin, MD | University of Northern Ireland, Gallway, Ireland |
| J.P. Hong, MD, PhD | Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea |
| Amor Khachemoune, MD, FAAD, FACMS | University of Maryland, Baltimore, USA |
| Miltos K. Lazarides, MD, PhD | Demokritos University Vascular Centre, Alexandroupolis, Greece |
| Shuliang Lu, MD, PhD | Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China |
| Harikrishna Nair, MD | Kuala Lumpur Hospital, Malaysia |
| Saritphat Orrapin, MD | Thammasat University, Pathum thani, Thailand |
| Changsik John Pak, MD | Asan Medical Centre, Seoul, South Korea |
| Alberto Piaggesi, MD, PhD | Universitaria Pisana Via Paradisa, Pisa, Italy |
| Marco Romanelli, MD, PhD | Wound Healing Research Unit, Università di Pisa, Pisa, Italy |
| Jirawat Saengsin, MD | Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand |
| V K Shukla, MB, BS, M Chir | Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India |
| Boonying Siribumrungwong, MD, PhD | Thammasat University, Pathum thani, Thailand |
| Gulapar Srisawasdi, MD | Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand |
| Hyunsuk Peter Suh, MD | Asan Medical Centre, Seoul, South Korea |
| Rica Tanaka, MD | Juntendo University, Tokyo, Japan |
| Luc Teot, MD | Hôpital Lapeyronie, Montpellier, France |
| Luigi Uccioli, MD | Università di Roma Tor Vergata, Complesso Integrato Columbus, Roma, Italy |
| Aristides Veves, MD, DSc | Harvard Medical School, Microcirculation Lab and Joslin-Beth Israel Deaconess Foot Center, Boston, MA, USA |
| Vijay Viswanathan, MD, PhD, FRCP | MV Hospital for Diabetes, M Viswanathan Diabetes Research Centre; WHO Collaborating Centre for Research, Education and Training in Diabetes, Chennai, India |
| Kevin Y. Woo, PhD, RN, FAPWCA | West Park Healthcare Centre, Queen's University, Toronto, Canada |
| Ting Xie, MD, PhD | Ninth People’s Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China |
| Hidehiko Yoshimatsu, MD | The Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo, Japan |
| TJ Ryan, DM, FRCP | Hillhouse, Oxford, UK |
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