ABSTRACT SUBMISSION
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
The Scientific Committee invites and encourages all authors to submit their abstracts for consideration and inclusion in the Scientific Programme.
The selected abstracts will be printed in the Book of Abstracts published as a Supplement to “European Surgery, which will be distributed at the Congress.
NOTICE: Submitted abstracts must be original. Abstracts previously published or presented at an international scientific meeting cannot be submitted.
Please, read carefully the instructions prior to writing your abstract.
Abstracts not fulfilling the given instructions cannot be accepted.
ABSTRACT SUBMISSION
- All abstracts can be submitted on-line only. Please use THE ON-LINE SYSTEM for submitting your asbtract(s)
- Notification of abstract receipt will be automatically displayed after delivery to the abstract
database.
- In case of difficulties during submission please contact CECS Abstracts Handling Office at:
cecsabstracts@guarant.cz
DEADLINES
Abstracts submission deadline: December 15, 2010, December 31, 2010
Scientific Committee acceptance/rejection decisions (on the website): January 15, 2011, January 31, 2011
Abstract acceptance/rejection letter (sent to authors by e-mail): January 20, 2011, February 5, 2011
INFORMATION FOR THE AUTHORS
Instructions
- The person who submits the abstract will be automatically considered as a presenting author. Please make sure you fill in the e-mail contact properly as it will serve for further correspondence
with the author(s).
- Presenting author of the abstract must be registered. Therefore the abstract submission form can be entered only with a password, which will be given to authors automatically after the registration. Please register first and than submit your abstract.
- The abstracts must be submitted in English.
- The abstract text can either be written directly or copied from your file into the abstract body frame
on the on-line form.
- Fill in the entire electronic abstract form indicating the correct topic you wish your abstract to be
included under.
- Indicate whether you prefer your abstract to be presented as an oral or poster.
- Corrections of the submitted abstracts can be made until January 31, 2010.
- To login again, you will be asked for your password.
Title
Max. 20 words. No uppercases for the first letter in each word of the title.
Name of the author(s)
Max. 8 authors per abstract. Full names (initial of the first name first). Authors should omit degrees and titles and type in upper and lower case.
Address/Institution
Name of institution, city, state, country, no zip or postal code. Typed in upper and lower case. If address is not the same for all authors, authors should give authors' correct affiliations by numbers.
Layout
Abstracts should be limited to 200 words (approx.1400 characters) body text (= without title, authors, and text). Cave: no figures, tables and images within abstract. Authors should not use any special formatting and should not include footnotes or references, as they will not be printed. If abstracts include special characters not normally found e.g. in the Times New Roman or Arial font, please provide a hard copy in addition to the electronic copy for comparison purposes. In particular, we are concerned about accent marks and mathematical symbols or Greek characters (e.g. Alpha, Beta).
Double space between title/author/address block and body of summary. Otherwise, single space.
Text of the abstract
The abstract should include:
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Background
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Methods
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Results
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Conclusions
Do not include footnotes or references in the abstract. Drug products should be identified by their non proprietary names only. Please avoid boldfacing, italics and underlining within the text.
Abbreviations
Standard abbreviations may be used. Give the term in full when first mentioned, followed by the abbreviation in parenthesis.
Type of presentation
Please tick the appropriate box if you wish to present a poster or an oral.
REVIEWING, NOTIFICATION OF ABSTRACT ACCEPTANCE
The status of each abstract (acceptance for oral or poster presentation or possible rejection) will be indicated on the congress website by January 31, 2011.
Abstract acceptance/rejection letters will be sent to authors no later than February 5, 2011.
The presenting author of a selected abstract commits himself/herself to attend the Congress and present the abstract in the session at the time decided by the Scientific Committee. One of the co-authors can take over if needed.