Guryel 2006.

Methods	Identification of subsequent full‐length publications Searched electronic database MEDLINE, PubMed, and PreMEDLINE; dates of search not reported Search completed by investigator Searched by first, second, and third authors Matching criteria not reported
Data	Included 415 abstracts presented at the 1997 and 1998 British Orthopaedics Association, British Association for Surgery of the Knee, British Orthopedic Foot Surgical Society, and British Elbow and Shoulder Society meetings Included all abstracts
Comparisons	Proportion of abstracts published, overall and by meeting Mean and median time to publication overall and by meetings Cumulative proportion of abstracts published Clinical research versus basic science research RCT design versus observational versus case report design Subspecialty
Outcomes	137 of 415 abstracts published 31/115 abstracts presented at the 1997 to 1998 British Association for Surgery of the Knee, British Orthopedic Foot Surgical Society, and British Elbow and Shoulder Society meetings, and 196/300 at the British Orthopaedics Association meetings published Proportion of abstracts published by time Mean time to publication = 15.6 months (SD = 11.1) Mean time to publication = 16.2 months (SD = 6.1) for British Orthopaedics Association meetings Mean time to publication = 15.3  months (SD = 9.3) for British Association for Surgery of the Knee, British Orthopedic Foot Surgical Society, and British Elbow and Shoulder Society meetings Median time to publication = 14 months (range = ‐7 to 56 months) Median time to publication = 14 months (range = ‐7 to 56 months) for British Orthopaedics Association meetings Median time to publication = 14 months (range = 1 to 48 months) for British Association for Surgery of the Knee, British Orthopedic Foot Surgical Society, and British Elbow and Shoulder Society meetings Cumulative proportion of abstracts published at 48 months showed proportion published = 33.5% (139/415 abstracts) Factors related to proportion of abstracts published included 115/345 abstracts describing clinical research versus 22/70 abstracts describing basic science research published 15/28 abstracts with RCT design versus 99/302 abstracts with observational design versus 1/15 abstracts with case report design published
Notes	Orthopedics/orthopedic surgery Reported receiving no funding
Risk of bias
Item	Authors' judgement	Description
Sampling method?	Yes	Included all abstracts.
Search for publications?	No	Searched only 1 database.
Follow‐up time?	Unclear	Date of search not reported.
Matching?	Unclear	Matching criteria not reported.
Adjustment for confounding?	No	Examined association of meeting, type science, study design, and subspecialty with publication using stratified analysis and unspecified statistical tests.