20th European Congress of Trauma & Emergency Surgery 5–7 May 2019 • Prague • Czech Republic ABSTRACT GUIDELINES
Abstract Submission deadline: Friday, 19 October 2018, 23:55 GMT+1. Abstracts should be of no more than 2,000 characters (including spaces, excluding title). The structure of the abstract depends on the type you choose:
Oral Presentation | Clinical Research: Introduction, Material & Methods, Results, Conclusions, References
Poster | Clinical Research: Introduction, Material & Methods, Results, Conclusions, References
Poster | Case Study: Case history, clinical findings, Investigation/Results, Diagnosis, Therapy and Progressions, Comments, References
The final decision in regards to the presentation type, however, will be taken by the Scientific Committee.
Submission of an abstract constitutes a commitment by the author to present at the congress if accepted.
Topics 1. Trauma systems & Prehospital Care
2. Disaster and Military Surgery
3. Bleeding, Massive transfusion and coagulopathy
4. Scorings in ER and ICU
5. Polytrauma
6. Vascular Injuries
7. Endovascular Interventions
8. Traumatic Brain Injuries
9. Chest Injuries
10. Abdominal Injuries
11. Spinal Injuries
12. Skeletal Trauma & Bone Infections
13. Emergency Surgery & Soft Tissue Infections
14. Surgical Critical Care & Burns
15. Sports Trauma
16. Complex Abdominal Reconstructions
17. The Frail Patient
18. Education
19. Future developments and new techniques Disclosure
You are required to indicate whether you have received a significant financial interest, consultancy or other
relationship with products, manufacturer(s) of products or providers of services or financial support related to
this abstract. If yes, the conflict of interest/relationship needs to be reported in the abstract submission process.
Affirmations The completion of the following affirmations is mandatory in order to submit your abstract:
• I hereby confirm that my abstract is based on previously unpublished data and that I own the rights to the written summaries of research or observations presented in the abstract, or that I have obtained permission for the acknowledged sources for other excerpts taken from copyrighted works.
• In submitting an abstract I hereby agree that the copyright of my abstract is transferred to the European Society of Trauma and Emergency Surgery.
I hereby confirm that I will present my abstract at the congress in case it is accepted
20th European Congress of Trauma & Emergency Surgery 5–7 May 2019 • Prague • Czech Republic ABSTRACT GUIDELINES Submission Abstracts may be submitted in English only. Authors will be able to draft the abstracts online and may return to the site to edit the texts of the abstracts if necessary. Authors are free to finalise their texts and submit their abstracts at any time before Friday, 19 October 2018, 23:55 GMT+1. No changes can be made after this deadline. No presenter changes will be possible after this deadline. Step-by-step to your abstract submission at https://ectes2019.abstract-management.de/
1. Please create your own account under "Author sign up". You will then receive an Email containing your access key. Please check your spam folder if you don’t receive an Email within 60 minutes and contact us at [email protected].
2. Please login with your access key and your email. Click "Abstract Submission" and follow the indicated steps.
3. After your successful abstract submission you will receive an email confirmation. Please also check your spam folder here.
4. You may login at any time to submit more abstracts or to make changes to abstracts already submitted until the abstract deadline expires.
Notifications Notification of acceptance and information regarding presentations will be forwarded to the authors immediately after the reviewing process by e-mail the latest by 23 January 2019. If an abstract is accepted, it is mandatory for the presenting author to attend the congress. Modalities of oral and ePoster presentations will be sent with the notification of acceptance. Accepted ePosters will be accessible to delegates in the poster exhibition area. For an abstract to be included in the final scientific programme, it is mandatory for the presenting author to
register for the congress and to settle payment as soon as the notification of abstract acceptance is received and
not later than 28 February 2019.
Abstract Publishing By submitting an abstract, copyrights are transmitted automatically to the European Society for Trauma and Emergency Surgery. Abstracts will be published in a supplement of the European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery as they have been received. Contact Technical questions Conventus Congressmanagement & Marketing GmbH Stefan Regge Carl-Pulfrich-Straße 1 07745 Jena, Germany Phone +49 3641 31 16-161 Fax +49 3641 31 16-243 [email protected] www.conventus.de
Project team Conventus Congressmanagement & Marketing GmbH Ariane Kärger Carl-Pulfrich-Straße 1 07745 Jena, Germany Phone +49 3641 29 76 904 Fax +49 3641 31 16-243 [email protected] www.conventus.de
