DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF ABSTRACTS: 6 FEBRUARY 2023 (NON-EXTENDABLE)
GENERAL RULES FOR THE SUBMISSION OF ABSTRACTS OF COMMUNICATIONS
Submission of papers will be open until 6 February (non-extendable), at -23.59 (Spanish peninsular time). Papers submitted after this date will not be accepted.
Papers will be accepted in ORAL, POSTER AND VIDEO formats.
The Scientific Committee will notify the acceptance/rejection of papers from 21 February 2023.
Instructions for the preparation of the presentation will be sent at that time.In order to present a paper, the presenting author must be registered at the Congress.
The contact person making the submission will be responsible for indicating which author will present the paper through the system.
Abstracts must be submitted through the online form on the Congress website.
Abstracts in English are accepted.
Maximum length: 500 words.
The following sections should be included in the structure of the paper depending on the type of paper to be submitted:
Structure for COMMUNICATION: Objectives -Materials and methods - Results - Discussion (and conclusions if applicable).
Structure for CLINICAL CASES: Introduction - Clinical case - Discussion (please do not include conclusions).
Papers that opt for video format must upload the video through the online form.
The abstract of a video received without the video will be discarded and will not be evaluated.
Please send the VIDEO already formatted (only with the part of the operation that corresponds to the paper). The maximum length of the video is 5 min. Longer videos will not be considered. Videos must be sent in mp4 format.
Each author may submit a maximum of 3 papers at the venue.
Maximum number of authors in each paper: 7.
There are fields to add the TITLE, NAME OF AUTHORS, WORK CENTRE, etc., please do not include these data within the text of the paper. The evaluators will reject unblinded papers without correction: In the Title and/or Abstract of the paper, the name of the hospital or the name of the author(s) cannot appear.
Click on the link "New Submission".
Write the title in CAPITAL LETTERS without a full stop at the end (if you paste it from a Word document, use the corresponding button to "Paste from Word").
In case you want to upload a file, follow the instructions indicated in the same form.
Fill in the personal data for the contact person. Fields marked with an asterisk are mandatory. It is necessary to indicate through the form which author will present the work if it is accepted.
*The e-mail address you indicate when filling in the contact person's details will be used to send him/her any notification related to the management of the paper. It is important to make sure that the e-mail address is correct and always use the same e-mail address.
Click on "Add new author" to add co-authors. Maximum number of co-authors: 6 (7 authors in total).
The last screen shows a summary of the process. Please carefully review the information entered and click on "Validate" to finalise the submission of your paper.
Immediately after the submission is completed, you will receive an automatic acknowledgement of receipt sent to the e-mail address entered in the system for the contact person. In this acknowledgement you will see the job reference number and a password that you will need to access the communication again (to make modifications) or to make all your submissions and manage your jobs with the same passwords.
If you do not receive the acknowledgement of receipt, please contact the scientific secretariat of the congress (
If before 6 February 2023 you detect any error in the communication sent, you can correct it directly from the online Communication Submission Form, by entering the e-mail address of the contact person and the password received in the acknowledgement of receipt of your communication.