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ArticleANZ journal of surgery2025

Publication Rates of Abstracts Presented at the Urological Society of Australia and New Zealand Annual Scientific Meeting Keith Kirkland and Villis Marshall Session: A Decade-Long Review.

Cheryl Fung, Lequang T Vo, David Armany, Balasubramaniam Indrajit, Simon V Bariol, Tania Hossack, Sriskanthan Baskaranathan, David Ende, Henry H Woo

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Article in ANZ journal of surgery, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Cheryl FungDepartment of Urology, Blacktown Mount Druitt Hospital, Sydney, Australia.
Lequang T VoDepartment of Urology, Blacktown Mount Druitt Hospital, Sydney, Australia.ORCID 0009-0001-8745-6638
David ArmanyDepartment of Urology, Blacktown Mount Druitt Hospital, Sydney, Australia.
Balasubramaniam IndrajitDepartment of Urology, Dubbo Base Hospital, Dubbo, Australia.
Simon V BariolDepartment of Urology, Blacktown Mount Druitt Hospital, Sydney, Australia.
Tania HossackDepartment of Urology, Blacktown Mount Druitt Hospital, Sydney, Australia.
Sriskanthan BaskaranathanDepartment of Urology, Blacktown Mount Druitt Hospital, Sydney, Australia.
David EndeDepartment of Urology, Blacktown Mount Druitt Hospital, Sydney, Australia.
Henry H WooDepartment of Urology, Blacktown Mount Druitt Hospital, Sydney, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-4099-0339

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe publication rate of abstracts at scientific meetings reflects research quality and impact, highlighting its dissemination within the academic and clinical communities. The Keith Kirkland and Villis Marshall (KK/VM) Session, held annually at the Urological Society of Australia and New Zealand (USANZ) Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM), features top abstracts from Urology SET Trainees. While the Board selects abstracts for presentation, their publication rates remain unclear. This study aims to determine the full-article publication rate of abstracts presented at the KK/VM session from 2012 to 2022.

methodsThe published Scientific Program of the USANZ ASM from 2012 to 2022 was retrospectively reviewed. All abstracts accepted for presentation at the KK/VM sessions were identified from the named plenary session. These abstracts were tracked for their subsequent publication status. Successful publication was defined as those identified in a search on PubMed using the abstract title and author name. Analysis of the successful publication was conducted.

resultsOne hundred and thirty-five abstracts were identified. 51.85% were subsequently published in peer-reviewed journals, most commonly in the BJU International (27.14%), The Journal of Urology (18.57%), and the ANZ Journal of Surgery (8.57%). The average time to publication was 14.58 months. The proportion of prospective studies among published (51.4%) and unpublished (52.3%) abstracts was similar.

conclusionThe USANZ ASM KK/VM session achieved a 51.85% full-article publication rate from 2012 to 2022, surpassing the broader USANZ ASM rate. This underscores the high quality of research by Urology SET Trainees. Targeted support could boost publication rates, improving urology research dissemination.

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Abstracting and IndexingCongresses as TopicPublishingSocieties, MedicalUrologyAustraliaHumansNew ZealandRetrospective Studiesabstract publication rateKK/VM sessionpeer‐reviewed journalsurology researchurology SET traineesUSANZ ASM

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PMID40801480
PMCPMC12571932

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