Table 1 Abstract characteristics of general and specialised orthopaedic meetings.

	Abstract followed by full text publication
	Yes (137/415)	No (278/415)
Mean sample size	191.4	129.8
(median and range)	(50.5, 1–4201)	(46.0, 1–3017)
Mean (SD) author number	3.1 (1.31)	3.3 (1.36)
	(range 1–7)	(range 1–9)
Subspecialty
Hand	8/16	8/16
Oncology	8/17	9/17
Hip	32/82	50/82
Elbow	5/14	9/14
Foot	26/80	54/80
Basic science	18/58	40/58
Shoulder	6/20	14/20
Spine	9/32	23/32
Knee	25/94	69/94