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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Journal of Coloproctology 2023; 43(03): e179-e184
DOI: 10.1055/s-0043-1772783
Original Article

Discrepancies of Abstracts Presented in Coloproctology Congresses and Later Publish as Full Manuscripts. A Brazilian Perspective

Hugo Samartine Junior 
1   Health Sciences Postgraduate Program, Faculty of Medicine, Pontifical Catholic University of Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil
2   Faculty of Medicine, Pontifical Catholic University of Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil
,
Nicole Goldenberg Levy 
2   Faculty of Medicine, Pontifical Catholic University of Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil
,
Daniel Ferreira Paiva 
2   Faculty of Medicine, Pontifical Catholic University of Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil
,
Giovanna Bertazzola Gracitelli 
2   Faculty of Medicine, Pontifical Catholic University of Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil
,
Lauro Igor Silva 
2   Faculty of Medicine, Pontifical Catholic University of Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil
,
José Luís Braga De Aquino 
1   Health Sciences Postgraduate Program, Faculty of Medicine, Pontifical Catholic University of Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil
2   Faculty of Medicine, Pontifical Catholic University of Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil
,
Elisa Donalisio Teixeira Mendes 
1   Health Sciences Postgraduate Program, Faculty of Medicine, Pontifical Catholic University of Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil
2   Faculty of Medicine, Pontifical Catholic University of Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil
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Abstract

Introduction The purpose of this retrospective bibliometric study was to assess the discrepancies between coloproctology surgery meeting abstracts and subsequent full-length manuscript publications.

Methods Abstracts presented at the Brazilian Congress of Coloproctology Surgery from 2015 to 2019 were compared with matching manuscript publications. Discrepancies between the abstract and therefore the subsequent manuscript were categorized as major (changes within the purpose, methods, study design, sample size, statistical analysis, results, and conclusions) and minor (changes within the title, authorship, and number of female authors) variations.

Results The conversion rate of abstracts in published manuscripts was 6,9% (121 abstracts). There were inconsistencies between the study title (66,1%), authorship (69,5%), study design (3,3%), sample size (39,2%), statistical analysis (24,8%), results (25,6%), and conclusions (12,4%) of manuscripts compared with their corresponding meeting abstracts.

Conclusion As changes occur before manuscript publication of coloproctology surgery meeting abstracts, caution should be exercised in referencing abstracts or altering surgical practices based on abstracts content.

Keywords

discrepancies - manuscripts - meeting abstracts - publications - colorectal surgery


Publication History

Received: 17 February 2023

Accepted: 21 June 2023

Article published online:
21 September 2023

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