Durinka 2014b.

Methods	Identification of subsequent full‐length publications Searched electronic database PubMed; date of search not reported Search completed by the investigator Search criteria not reported Matched abstract to full‐length publication by First author Second author Last author Title Contents
Data	Included 335 abstracts presented at the 2009 American College of Surgeons meeting Included all abstracts accepted as poster
Comparisons	Proportion of abstracts published Mean time to publication
Outcomes	64 of 335 abstracts published Proportion of abstracts published by time Mean time to publication = 16.8 months No factors related to proportion of abstracts published reported
Notes	Surgery Funding not reported Data extracted from abstract
Risk of bias
Item	Authors' judgement	Description
Sampling method?	Yes	Included all abstracts presented as posters.
Search for publications?	No	Searched only 1 database.
Follow‐up time?	Unclear	Date of search not reported.
Matching?	Yes	Matched by 3 different criteria.