Gourtaud 2009.

Methods	Identification of subsequent full‐length publications Searched electronic database MEDLINE to March 2007 Person completing the search not reported Searched by all authors and keywords Matching criteria not reported
Data	Included 443 abstracts presented at the 2000 and 2001 French Association of Urology meetings Included all abstracts except video presentations
Comparisons	Proportion of abstracts published, overall and by meeting Mean time to publication Cumulative proportion of abstracts published Oral versus poster presentation 'Prospective' versus 'retrospective' design
Outcomes	153 of 443 abstracts published 86/234 abstracts presented at the 2000 meeting, and 67/209 at the 2001 meeting published Proportion of abstracts published by time Mean time to publication = 16.9 months (maximum = 65 months) Cumulative proportion of abstracts published at 24 months showed proportion published = 27.1% (120/443 abstracts) Factors related to proportion of abstracts published included 66/187 abstracts presented orally versus 87/256 abstracts presented as posters published 44.1% of abstracts with 'prospective' study design versus 24.8% of abstracts with 'retrospective' study design published
Notes	Urology Funding not reported
Risk of bias
Item	Authors' judgement	Description
Sampling method?	Yes	Included all abstracts with reasonable exceptions.
Search for publications?	No	Searched only 1 database.
Follow‐up time?	Yes	All meetings had at least 6 years follow‐up.
Matching?	Unclear	Matching criteria not reported.
Adjustment for confounding?	No	Examined association of meeting year, type presentation and prospective status with publication using stratified analysis.