The Scientific Committee welcomes the contributions for oral presentations,

 within the scope of the congress theme: " Complications after trauma of the lower limb"

A prize for the best communication will be awarded ( 125 Euro)

The Scientific Committee welcomes the contributions for oral presentations,

 within the scope of the congress theme: " Complications after trauma of the lower limb"

To allow efficient handling of the abstracts, the authors are requested to submit 3 keywords.

1. Each person is permitted to submit a maximum of 3 abstracts as the presenting author. There is no limit on the number of abstracts submitted as a co-author
2. Abstracts must be in English and submitted on-line
3. Notification of acceptance will be dispatched by e-mail by 20 July 2017
4. Presenting authors whose abstracts have been accepted must register for the congress and pay the registration fees by 2 August 2017
5.  Failure to do so will result in exclusion from the program and from the abstract  book.

1. Abstracts should include the following sections:

• Objectives :stating concisely why the study was conducted;
• Materials and Methods:  indicating the location, number and type of human subjects, non-human species or material being studied, design of the study, the type of intervention, the principal assays or test(s) performed and the types of statistical analyses if appropriate;
• Results :  the main findings and results should be reported; where appropriate, the results should be supported by statistical analysis;
• Conclusions : stating the main conclusions of the study, the significance of the results

2. Case reports:

Interesting and unique case reports will also be considered for presentation.

Case reports abstracts must contain following components:

• An introduction
• A description of the actual case report

• A discussion of the novelty and importance of the specific case. Important learning points should be highlighted

1. Abstract Format:
   1. 1. Abstract title: should be in small letters
      2. Authors: the names of the authors should be listed in the following order: Last name, First name, Department, Institution, City and Country.
      3. Abstract body: the abstract body should contain maximum 250 words
2. The use of tables, graphs, diagrams, images and embedded videos in the abstract  submission is not allowed.
3. Use standard abbreviations. Please explain special or unusual abbreviations the first  time they appear.

Abstract submission deadline: 30 May 2017

Notification of acceptance of abstract: 17 July 2017

Registration deadline for presenting authors:  2 August 2017