Abstract-Guidelines

The Abstract submission is until Wednesday, 19th August 2026 until 14:00 p.m.

1. Abstracts may be submitted either for a free communication or a poster. If the abstract is submitted as a free communication, but is accepted by the jury as a poster, the author may decide whether to present the abstract or to withdraw it.
2. Abstracts can only be submitted online. Submissions by fax and e-mail will not be accepted.
3. The three highest-rated abstracts will automatically be entered into the Felix Largiadèr Award competition and will be presented at the Swiss Visceral Summit during the session of the same name. The evaluation will take into account both the research work itself and the actual presentation of the work at the congress. The Felix Largiadèr Prize is endowed with prize money of CHF 5'000.
4. All accepted poster will be presented in the exhibition.
5. The best abstract in the field of colorectal surgery that is not selected for the Felix Largiadèr Prize will be awarded with a prize money of CHF 1'000 by our interest group ‘Koloproktologie Schweiz’ (Swiss Coloproctology).
6. The abstracts must be submitted anonymously, i.e., no authors names, no institutions, no authors’ clinics, and no patient data may appear in the abstract title, text, supplements, or comments field. Important: the reviewers are obliged to REJECT your work if the above-listed anonymisation criteria are not respected.
7. The responsibility for the content of the abstract lies with the submitting authors and the supervisors!
   a. Writing style: clear, concise, fluent, no unexplained abbreviations
   b. No grammatical and spelling mistakes
   c. Accepted abstracts will be published unread and uncorrected
8. The addresses of the submitting authors - if the abstracts are accepted - are intended for publication. The operator and the organisation assume no liability for incomplete or incorrect address information.
9. Title and text must not be entered in capital letters. Please capitalise the title according to APA or AMA style rules: APA Style Title Case Capitalization.
10. Papers already published or accepted for publication may NOT be submitted as an abstract. If the abstract has already been presented at another congress or published as an abstract, this must be noted in the "Further remarks" field at the end of the online submission. However, such abstracts may be submitted for the Swiss Visceral Summit.
11. Abstracts can only be submitted in English.
12. The content of all abstracts (also for videos) must be structured as follows:
    a. Objective / Methods / Results / Conclusions.
    b. Tables and graphics can be integrated. References must not be provided.
13. The number of characters (including spaces) is limited to 2’400 (title, names of authors and institution not included). In case of non-compliance, the jury may note "rejected - does not meet submission criteria" in the form.
14. Evaluation of content is based on scores for content and style. Up to 4 points may be awarded for content and up to 2 points for style, for a maximum of 6 points. See review instructions below. Jury assignments will be made by the board of the SGVC.
15. Tables and graphics, which are necessary for an objective evaluation of your abstract, can be attached as images (JPG or PNG) in a seperate step of the submission process. These must also be submitted anonymously!
16. The submitting author will be notified via e-mail whether the abstract was accepted or not. Acceptance of abstracts results in a mandatory registration of the presenting author for the congress.

Checklist

Checklist for Abstract evaluation

Abstracteinreichung

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