Publication rate of abstracts presented at the Annual Congress of the German Society of Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery

摘要

Introduction The quality of abstracts presented at medical conferences reflects the scientific activity in the organisations involved. The aims of this study were to evaluate the publication rate of studies presented at the annual congress of the German Society of Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery and to investigate predictive factors for publication. The results were to be compared with other international meetings.