Abstract Guidelines

Welcome to the SARO 2026 Abstract submission page. We welcome your abstracts, case reports or case series. By submitting to SARO 2026, your work will be received by a wider audience and experts in the field. We look forward to receiving your valuable work.

Please read the instructions carefully before submitting your abstract, case reports or case series. When you are ready, please press the continue button below this page, fill in all the required information, and submit.

General guidelines

• Abstracts submitted should not have been previously published or presented at another meeting.
• Accepted abstracts will be included in the SARO 2026 programmer
• The presenting author will be required to present the abstract in one of the following abstract sessions
  Oral presentation
  Poster presentation
• The SARO programmer committee will decide on allocation into the session.
• Clinical cases are a detailed report of symptoms, signs, diagnosis and management, including follow-up where appropriate of an individual patient or a series of patients. This may contain the demographics of the patient. However, there should be no patient-identifiable data in the presentation. These cases are usually considered for unusual or novel occurrences or to describe a new way of problem-solving.

Preparing your abstract

Abstracts must be written in the format provided described below.

It should be written in English and submitted in MS Word or PowerPoint format.

Abstracts should be no more than 300 words (excluding abstract title, authors, tables or figures and references)

The abstract should include the title, authors, and main text.

Title

It should be an accurate description of the study. The title should be no more than 10- 12 words long. The title should not be in capital letters.

Authors

The abstract should include all authors’ full names and email IDs. The author who will present the abstract should be listed first. All authors listed should have carried out the study, conceived it, designed it, collected data, analysed and written the abstract. Every author listed should have read and approved the abstract before submission.

Main text

Please try and follow the below structure for the main text.

• Why did you do the study? – introduction or background
• What did you try to do? – Aims and Objectives
• What did you do? – Methodology
• What were your findings? – Results
• What do the study outcomes mean? – Conclusion.

References – should be no more than three and add if it is only necessary and add value to your manuscript.

Tables and figures – no more than one table. Maximum of two figures. Any pictures submitted should be at least 300 dpi in resolution.

Writing tips.

• Use simple sentences.
• Format all the numbers exactly the same.
• Present only information relevant to the study’s aims and objectives.