The congress welcomes delegates to submit abstract of papers to be considered for presentation at the 17th Asian Congress of Surgery & the 68th Annual Meeting of Taiwan Surgical Association.

Abstract submission deadline postpone to November 15, 2008!!!

Each individual submitting an abstract must complete all information requested on the online form. After you have completed all of the information, you will receive confirmation that your abstract has been submitted.

Eligibility for the 17th Asian Congress of Surgery & the 68th Annual Meeting of Taiwan Surgical Association

Main Subjects
Digestive and General Surgery	Endoscopic Surgery
Pediatric Surgery	Urology
Vascular Surgery	Colorectal Surgery
Cardiovascular Surgery	Trauma Surgery
Hernia	Thoracic Surgery
Plastic Surgery	Transplantation
Orthopaedic Surgery	Neurosurgery and Neurospinal Surgery
Endocrinology	Breast Surgery
Nutrition

Criteria

Acceptance of abstracts will be judged on originality, scientific merit, study design, clarity of expression, presentation of data, adherence to the rules of submission, and relevance to the topic. Abstracts must be limited to no more than 500 words.

Presentation

Oral: Presenting author will be notified of presenting schedule by December 31, 2008.
Poster: Bulletin board size is 90cm (W) x 180cm (H)
(Detailed presentation guidelines will be provides with acceptance letters.)

Authors agree to present their abstracts on the days and times assigned by the Congress referee. Authors shall indicate their preferred method of presentation: oral, poster, either (at the Congress referee 's discretion).

Notification

All authors will be notified of the acceptance of their abstracts via e-mail by December 31, 2008, with details to follow via mail.

Instructions

Instructions for Abstract Preparation and Submission No reference to either the institution or the authors should appear in the text or title of the abstract.

1. The abstract should state clearly the reasons for the study or review, the results obtained and the conclusions. Promises to explain the work or vague presentations of data will result in rejection. Limit your abstract to 500 words.
2. The Congress referees prefers and will look with greatest favor on abstracts submitted in the Purpose-Methods-Results-Conclusion format. The Purpose section should be a succinct statement of the research question or hypothesis to be addressed. The Materials and Methods section should include the clinical setting (taking care not to identify the institution), sampling criteria, inclusive dates, etc. The control group should be adequately described. Specific mention should be made of the number of experimental subjects or patients in groups. The statistical method and levels of significance should be included. The Results should be stated in sufficient detail to support the conclusion, with only enough interpretation to indicate relevance; extended discussion or literature reviews should be avoided. The Conclusion should summarize the abstract (We conclude...) with a brief statement of findings clearly supported by the data, consistent with the research purpose, and with a minimum of further suggestions or inferences. The conclusion should be readable as a short, stand-alone statement.
3. Congress referees will consider abstracts submitted in different styles only when the above-described format is inappropriate to the content.
4. Short and descriptive titles are preferred, avoiding the declarative or interrogatory title styles. Abbreviations conjured up for use within an abstract are annoying and require constant reference on the part of readers, and non-standard abbreviations should be avoided. There should be no abbreviations used in the conclusion. Authors agree to copy editing of the abstract.