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Editorial
The International Journal of Lower
Extremity Wounds
2014, Vol. 13(1) 3
The Author(s) 2014
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DOI: 10.1177/1534734614526137
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A Mild Wet Winter

Raj Mani, DSc, FACA, FIPEM1

The scenery commonly associated with this time of year is

snow or at least heavy frosts, snow drops, and the occasional tulip trying to introduce some cheer into everyday
life. Not this year. The greater part of the lower half of the
United Kingdom seemed to be covered with water as I
watched from the train window yesterday. Earlier this week
a colleague from France said rain and a mild winter meant
that there were more cases than usual of viral influenza
what we started noticing in the run up to Christmas. Global
warming or slow adaptability on my part?
Anyhow, this issue of IJLEW will usher the Annual
Meeting of the Korean Wound Management Association.
One issue faced by colleagues over there is reimbursement

of cost of wound treatment (see Guest Editorial by Jon Poon

Hoong). We need to fully understand and accept the role of
technology in wound management.
There is a full issue for readers who seem to enjoy the
new section arrangementspart of the evolution that will
keep IJLEW bubbling.

Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, UK

Corresponding Author:
Raj Mani, Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton SO16
6YD, UK.
Email: rm1@soton.ac.uk

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