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DATES & DEADLINES


Abstract submission deadline
July 15, 2023

Deadline for changing the presenting author of an abstract
June 30, 2023

Deadline for registration and payment of registration fee for presenting authors
September 30, 2023

Notification of abstract acceptance/refusal
September 15, 2023


Abstract Submission Guidelines

  • Only electronically submitted abstracts will be accepted.
  • Abstracts must be written in English.
  • Please proofread your abstract for spelling and grammar before submitting it.
  • Abstracts must not exceed 500 words in length.
  • Do NOT use all upper-case letters when entering your abstract.
  • The abstract's tittle or author's names/institutions must NOT be inserted in the 'Content' field.
  • No graphs, tables, photographs, or slide presentations are accepted.
  • Abstracts will be published as one paragraph, so do not break your abstract into multiple paragraphs. If you wish to use headings within your abstract, such as Introduction, Methods, Results, etc., they should be added at the beginning of a sentence within the paragraph and a colon (:) should be inserted after each heading.
  • Once you have clicked on "Finish" at the end of the process, a confirmation e-mail with your abstract number will be sent to the e-mail address you entered on the first page of the abstract submission process. Please contact the Congress Secretariat at ioacon2023lko@gmail.com if you did not receive a confirmation.
  • The material submitted must not have been published or presented at any national or international meeting before this one.
  • Submission of an abstract implies that the presenting author will register for and attend the Congress in Lucknow, India to present the abstract either as an oral presentation or as an e-poster if it is accepted.
  • The IOACON Organizing committee reserves the right to change the topic and the form of presentation (oral/e-poster) of the abstract or to reject it.
  • A delegate can submit multiple abstracts. However, he / she can present only ONE Oral Presentation.
  • More than a 1000 abstracts already submitted.
  • On the request of young surgeons across the country, the abstract submission is being extended two weeks to July 15, 2023.

Abstracts Can Be Submitted On The Following Topics

  • ARTHROSCOPY AND SPORTS MEDICINE
  • ➟ Knee
    ➟ Shoulder
    ➟ Miscellaneous

  • FOOT AND ANKLE
  • ➟ Foot Trauma
    ➟ Diseases
    ➟ Miscellaneous

  • HAND
  • ➟ Trauma
    ➟ Reconstruction
    ➟ Miscellaneous

  • HIP
  • ➟ Arthroplasty
    ➟ Osteotomy
    ➟ Dysplasia
    ➟ Miscellaneous

  • TECHNOLOGY
  • ➟ Navigation
    ➟ Robotic
    ➟ Miscellaneous

  • KNEE
  • ➟ Arthroplasty
    ➟ Soft Tissue Reconstruction
    ➟ Osteotomy
    ➟ Miscellaneous

  • BASIC SCIENCE
  • ➟ Tissue Engineering
    ➟ Biomechanics
    ➟ Biomaterials and Implants
    ➟ Allografts
    ➟ Cartilage
    ➟ Miscellaneous

  • SHOULDER AND ELBOW
  • ➟ Arthroplasty
    ➟ Soft Tissue Reconstruction
    ➟ Instability
    ➟ Miscellaneous

  • MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY
  • ORTHOPAEDIC ONCOLOGY
  • INFECTIONS
  • OTHERS

  • TRAUMA
  • ➟ Upper Limb
    ➟ Lower Limb
    ➟ Pelvis
    ➟ Polytrauma Management
    ➟ Road Trauma
    ➟ Miscellaneous

  • PAEDIATRICS
  • ➟ Upper Extremity
    ➟ Lower Extremity
    ➟ Limb Lengthening
    ➟ Neuromuscular Disorder
    ➟ Rehabilitation
    ➟ Miscellaneous
    ➟ Clubfoot

  • SPINE
  • ➟ Congenital
    ➟ Trauma
    ➟ Degenerative
    ➟ Cervical Spine
    ➟ Lumbar Spine
    ➟ Deformities
    ➟ Infections
    ➟ Spinal Cord Injuries
    ➟ Surgical Techniques

IMPORTANT NOTE: The presenting author of an accepted abstract (oral and e-poster) must register and pay the conference registration fee by July 15, 2023 to have his/her abstract included in the Final Programme. The Congress Secretariat will not check if co-authors have registered. The deadline for changing the presenting author of an abstract through the online abstract submission system is June 30, 2023.