Submission rules

Submission, Deadline

  • Abstracts have to be submitted exclusively by the following

e-mail sytenkoconference@gmail.com

  • Deadline for submission on the 28th February 2019.
  • The presenting authors must register for the conference and pay the appropriate registration fee by the deadline for the 28th February 2019.
  • All submitted abstracts, presented as poster, will be reviewed by scientific commission. Best 3 papers will be presented by authors in the Award Abstract Session.

Topic, Language

  • Abstracts should be submitted and presented in English.
  • Each contribution must relate to one of the given topics:
    • Hip, knee arthroscopy
    • Hip, knee preserving surgery
    • Primary and revision THA, TKA.
    • PJI

Size, Content, Conditions, Requirements

  • The abstract is limited to 2’500 characters; neither table charts nor graphic designs are permitted.
  • The title should be short and significant. The text has to be orthographically suitable for publishing.
  • The following structure of the abstract is mandatory: objectives, methods, results and conclusions.
  • Concerning the methods it has to be clear if the study is prospective or retrospective. Statistical procedures have to be specified.
  • The methodology of data entry and evaluation of clinical papers must comprehensively describe the level of evidence (EbM-Levels).
  • The setup of experimental studies has to be documented.
  • The abstract has to contain all relevant data.
  • The usage of special formatting should be limited.
  • The number of authors is limited to 4 altogether. The presenter must be listed first.
  • Authors’ age not more than 45.

Review

  • All submitted abstracts will be reviewed anonymously by several experts.
  • Review criteria are: aim and objective (actuality, scientific novelty, important, clearly defined), material and methodology (adequate design, prospective or retrospective), results (complete, trend-setting, statistically covered) and conclusions (critical, well deduced).
  • Abstracts that show formal errors (multi-submission,  already published) will be rejected.
  • E-Mail notifications about acceptance or refusal will be sent to the presenting author subsequent to the reviewing process.

Awards

  • The three best presentations, after due evaluation by the Scientific Committee, will receive an award financial grant:
  • 1-st place  15000 UAH;
  • 2-nd place 10000 UAH;
  • 3-rd 5000 UAH.