Publication rate of abstracts presented in a Brazilian experimental surgery congress

Brito, Marcus Vinicius HenriquesBotelho, Nara MacedoYasojima, Edson YuzurTeixeira, Renan Kleber CostaYamaki, Vitor NagaiFeijó, Daniel HaberYamaki, Igor NagaiMainardi, Carolina Ribeiro

PURPOSE:To verify the publication rate of the abstracts presented at the XII Brazilian Congress of Experimental Surgery.METHODS:We performed a cross-sectional study that evaluated if the abstracts accepted for presentation at the XII Brazilian Congress of Experimental Surgery were published in periodics. The information was acquired using the Scielo, Medline / Pubmed, LILACS and Google Scholar databases.RESULTS:From all the abstracts presented, only 77 (40.52%) were published in scientific journals. Of this total, 14 (18.18%) were published prior to the conference 35 (45.45%) in the same year that occurred congress, 56 (72.72%) in the period 2011-2013 and 63 (81, 81%) between the Congress and the year 2015. Regarding the geographical distribution of summaries, 42 (22%) were from the northern region, 19 (10%) from the Northeast, 8 (4%) Midwest, 116 (61%) from the Southeast and 5 (3%) from the south.CONCLUSION:The publication rate of the abstracts presented at the XII Brazilian Congress of Experimental Surgery was 40,52%, most from the state of Sao Paulo.(AU)

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