Abstract Submission

You are invited to submit abstracts for inclusion at the congress for either Oral or Poster presentations. Abstracts may only be submitted online using the abstract form. Please note that no proof reading will be done.

How to submit your abstract

Please read this information carefully before proceeding to the online submission form.

Important Dates

Submissions accepted from: 20 November 2009
Submission deadline:  15 April 2010, Midnight CET
Notifications to submitters: June 2010

Abstracts received after the deadline will not be accepted!

Technical Requirements

The internet abstract submission system works best with Mozilla Firefox:

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  • All pop-up blockers should be turned off

General

Abstracts can only be submitted online via the online abstract submission form.

Abstracts must be submitted in English.

Abstracts sent by post or email will not be accepted. No exceptions will be made.

Definitions

Submitting author: person who physically submits the abstract.
Presenting author: person who will physically present the abstract at the congress and
the person published as the presenter in the congress programme.

Rules

Failure to observe these guidelines may result in disqualification.

  1. Go to www.eacmfs2010.org on the Internet. Click on ABSTRACTS and follow the instructions  given.
  2. An abstract can be submitted to the EACMFS 2010 Congress only if it has not been previously published or if it has been  presented only at a national meeting.
  3. The correct topic must be selected to ensure correct scoring. The content of the abstract must
    be topic related.
  4. Abstracts must contain data and meet international ethical standards.
  5. Abbreviations should be defined.
  6. Trade names cannot be mentioned in the title. However, trade names in brackets will be
    accepted in the body of the text.
  7. The abstract should not have more than 3600 characters (blank spaces, punctuation as well as authors’ affiliation and titles included).
  8. The abstract must be structured into the following sections:
    • Title (which clearly indicates the nature of the investigation)
    • Aim
    • Material and Method
    • Results
    • Summary - this should give a clear outline of the content of the abstract.
  9. If you have successfully submitted your abstract, you will receive a confirmation number. If no
    confirmation number is received, the abstract cannot be considered as successfully submitted
    and accepted.
  10. Submitted abstracts can be re-edited and modified until the submission deadline (15 April 2010, Midnight CET). Therefore, the author submitting the abstract will be required to provide his/her e-mail address as the login and a preferred password during the submission. To save the abstract, all required fields (marked with a *) must be filled in. If you leave the system without having provisionally submitted the abstract, all data is lost. The submitted abstracts cannot be edited after the submission deadline (15 April 2010, Midnight CET).
  11. Please ensure that your abstract does not contain spelling, grammatical or scientific errors. No corrections are possible after the submission deadline. The abstract will be reproduced exactly as submitted. No proofreading will be done.
  12. If you need to withdraw your abstract, a written statement reflecting the reasons for this decision must be sent to: eacmfs-2010@mci-group.com, no later than 1 June 2010.

Afer the Submission

  1. The reviewers will judge the abstracts according to the relevance to EACMFS XX Congress 2010, standard of English, objectivity of statements, description of what was done, suitability of methods to aims, conclusions confirmed by objective results, ethics, scientific value, potential clinical value, originality of work and overall impression.
  2. The submitting authors will be notified by June 2010, at the email address provided
    during submission, whether their abstract has been accepted. It is the author’s responsibility to
    ensure that emails from EACMFS can reach them. They will be informed at the same time about the date, time and form of their presentation.

Publication Policy

All abstracts accepted for presentation (oral or poster) will be published on the official website of the congress.

Presentation of Abstracts

  1. Abstracts can be accepted either as poster or oral communication.
  2. Full presentation guidelines will be included in the acceptance letter and posted on the
    congress website.

Problems Submitting?

If you experience any kind of problem or if you have questions, please do not hesitate to contact:

Dorothy Henry
Phone: +32 2743 4410
Email: eacmfs-2010@mci-group.com

Registration Deadline

Early Bird Registration Deadline: 15 May 2010

Abstract Topics

  • Art in cranio-maxillo-facial surgery
  • Beauty and psychology
  • Benign lesions of the facial bones
  • Biphosphonate related disease
  • Cleft surgery
  • Cranio-maxillo-facial traumatology
  • Embryology and pre-natal diagnosis of craniofacial malformations
  • Facial makeover and gender transformation
  • Facial reconstructive surgery
  • Facial rejuvenation and other cosmetic surgery
  • Facial sculpturing
  • History of cranio-maxillo-facial surgery
  • Imaging and simulation
  • Medical oncology
  • Microsurgical reconstruction in head and neck
  • Nasal reconstruction
  • Obstructive sleep apnea
  • Orbital pathology
  • Orthognathic surgery
  • Osteosynthesis materials
  • Otoplasty and ear reconstruction
  • Preprosthetic implantology and surgery
  • Reconstructive surgery of craniofacial malformations
  • Rhinoplasty, aesthetic and functional
  • Salivary glands - surgery and pathology
  • Skin tumours of the head and neck
  • Skull base surgery
  • Surgery for facial paralysis
  • Surgery of the nasal cavity and paranasal sinusses
  • Surgery of the oral cavity
  • Surgical head and neck oncology
  • Temporomandbular joint pathology and surgery
  • Tissue engineering and cell therapy