ABSTRACT PREPARATION
Studies and case reports in all areas of perforator flap surgery will be considered suitable for presentation: history, research, basic science, all different types of reconstructions, congenital malformations, burns, traumas etc. To achieve a balanced final program, papers are divided into categories, and abstracts should be prepared accordingly:
- Research: The purpose of the investigation should be clearly stated and results must be supplied
- Clinical (General, Cleft/Cranio, Hand/Nerve, Microsurgery): Data of the prospective/retrospective study along with complications must be produced
Abstracts should be uniformly written giving a title and using the following headings for the body text:
- Introduction
- Materials (not for case reports) and Methods
- Results
- Conclusion
Please do not use names, institutes or addresses in the body text.
SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS
Submitters
Abstract submission is open to all plastic surgeons, including young residents in training and fellow researchers.
Language & Format
Abstracts must be submitted in English, correctly spelled and carefully checked. Text must be single-spaced, and not exceed 300 words. If accepted for presentation, the original text of the submitted abstract will be printed without any changes or corrections in the final abstract book.
Submission
Abstracts must be submitted online via the standardized form available at www.perforator.surgery and mailed to: abstract@perforator.surgery .
Submission deadline: September 1, 2017
Upon submission, authors must select the relevant category (Research, Clinical General, Cleft/Cranio, Hand/Nerve, Microsurgery), and specify whether it is a case report. Submitters must indicate the time needed for their presentation: 4 or 8 minutes. It is up to the discretion of the Scientific Committee to resize the length of the presentation, if necessary. Case reports will automatically be given a presentation time of 4 minutes.
PRESENTATION
Format
For the 18th International Course on Perforator Flaps, authors of accepted abstracts are asked to submit their presentation in PowerPoint or Keynote format to the Slide Centre two hours prior to their session. The use of personal laptops is not permitted. In case of any videos embedded within the presentations, authors are requested to bring the original source files in addition to their presentation. The slides should be prepared in 16:9 format, and ICPF recommends the use of the International System of Units (SI) as the official measurement system. Should you have further requirements or necessities, send us an email at abstracts@perforator.surgery . Authors are invited to come to the preview as soon as they arrive, to check the functioning of the presentation and videos upfront.
Time
The allocated time for presentation is of either 4 or 8 minutes.
Speakers must adhere to the given minutes, you will be stopped as soon as the time is up.
Schedule
A preliminary program will be issued approximately two months prior to the meeting. Authors can check the ICPF website at this time to view the date and time of their presentation.
ACCEPTANCE POLICY
Review
After submission, the Scientific Committee, composed by 3 members of the local faculty, will perform an anonymous evaluation and review of the abstracts. Only the best in each category, selected according to methodical criteria, are accepted for presentation at the Meeting.
Accepted Abstracts
The person whose name appears as ‘first author’ will be presenting the submitted abstract. Onsite substitution of absent first authors by co-authors, or other participants to the meeting, will not be possible.
Multiple Submissions
The ICPF accepts up to two (n. 2) abstracts per first author, however in case both abstracts pass review and make it to the final program, the author will choose one of the two abstracts. The second abstract will be automatically presented by the next co-author available. Attempts of submission after 2 abstracts will be rejected.
ETHICS
ICPF has a strict policy against plagiarism, and has implemented software that verifies authenticity and originality of papers. Multiple submissions of the same abstracts with different authors, different titles, in different categories, submission of abstracts with similar texts, are strictly forbidden and will be immediately identified and lead to complete exclusion of the abstract(s) from further evaluation.
Authors are requested to be sensitive to, and show respect for, ethnic, cultural, religious, and gender diversity.
