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. 2018 Nov 20;2018(11):MR000005. doi: 10.1002/14651858.MR000005.pub4

Gregory 2012.

Methods Identification of subsequent full‐length publications

  • Searched electronic database

    • MEDLINE, PubMed through 2010 to provide a minimum of 36 months follow‐up

    • Person completing the search not reported

    • Searched by all authors, keywords, and title

    • Matched abstract to full‐length publication by

      • One author

      • Contents  
Data

  • Included 888 abstracts presented at the 2003 to 2007 Canadian Society of Plastic Surgeons, American Society of Plastic Surgeons, and American Association of Plastic Surgeons meetings

  • Included all abstracts accepted as oral presentations
Comparisons

  • Proportion of abstracts published, overall and by meeting

  • Mean time to publication, overall and for each meeting
Outcomes

  • 400 of 888 abstracts published

  • 88/173 abstracts presented at the 2003 to 2007 American Association of Plastic Surgeons meetings, 151/262 presented at the 2003 to 2007 American Society of Plastic Surgeons meetings, and 161/453 at the Canadian Society of Plastic Surgeons meetings published

  • Proportion of abstracts published by time

    • Mean time to publication = 22 months (range = 1 to 85.9 months) for all meetings

    • Mean time to publication = 24 months (range = 2 to 79.0 months) for Canadian Society of Plastic Surgeons meeting

    • Mean time to publication = 19 months (range = 1 to 54.3 months) for American Society of Plastic Surgeons meeting

    • Mean time to publication = 22 months (range = 1 to 85.9 months) for American Association of Plastic Surgeons meeting

  • No factors other than meeting year related to proportion of abstracts published reported
Notes

  • Surgery ‐ plastic surgery

  • Funding not reported
Risk of bias
Item Authors' judgement Description
Sampling method? Yes Included all abstracts accepted as oral presentations.
Search for publications? No Searched only 1 database.
Follow‐up time? Yes All meetings before 2007 had at least 48 months follow‐up. The meeting in 2007 only had 36 months follow‐up.
Matching? Yes Matched by 2 different criteria.
Adjustment for confounding? No Examined association of meeting year with publication using stratified analysis.