United Kingdom Continence Society
18th Annual Scientific Meeting

Free papers and posters present present an excellent opportunity to stimulate debate, raise issues or highlight quality work being carried out by teams or individuals. Abstracts may be by way of an original paper/trial, audit, case study or a professional experience - the knowledge of which would be of benefit to others in the specialty.

We would like to encourage submission of work, which links to our theme of “Rising to the Challenge”. The challenge may have been designing and executing clinical trials to answer key questions or an audit reviewing an innovative way of working.

We would like to encourage presentation and debate on the widest possible range of topics within our speciality: we have much to learn from each other.

For those in training, the meeting provides opportunities to interact with leaders in our speciality, encouraged by Poster Walks and the chairs of sessions encouraging comment on work presented.

The programme allows for a significant number of oral presentations for particular themes and of interest to all those with an interest in promoting continence. These usually include (subject to the submission of suitable material): Faecal Incontinence, Urodynamics, Stress Incontinence and Neurogenic Bladder and Bowel Problems. The Committee is also interested in difficult and challenging case histories for the posters and for the Panel discussions.

We have aimed to keep the Abstract Submission process as simple as possible – so if you have not previously submitted an abstract, now is your opportunity!

Instructions for Submission:

PLEASE NOTE:  ALL PRESENTING AUTHORS MUST REGISTER AS FULL CONFERENCE DELEGATES –  PLEASE ENSURE THAT THIS IS POSSIBLE FOR YOU TO ATTEND  BEFORE YOU SUBMIT YOUR ABSTRACT. 
There is no day delegate rate offered, due to the low registration fee associated with the conference, while the programme content is designed to be of benefit over the three days for all delegates.
Submission of an abstract is confirmation of acceptance of the need to register.

1. Your abstract must be received by 18.00 hours on 1st February 2011
2. Your abstract must be submitted in English
3. Your abstract must be submitted by E-Mail as an attachment in Word format not as part of the text by E.mail to ukcsabstracts@indexcommunications.com
4. Faxed or posted abstracts will not be accepted for submission
5. Your abstract must not exceed 300 words including References
6. Tables may be included but should be no more than 15 rows of text and MUST NOT be scanned into the abstract, but typed in, using Word. Simple graphs can also be included. Note: When an abstract is accepted, whilst the text will definitely be published, the Reviewers reserve the right to edit out complex figures, tables and graphs that are too expensive to reproduce.
7. You must state your preference in the covering E-Mail as to how you wish to present
   the abstract – ie as a poster or an oral presentation
8. Any potential conflict of interests must be declared.
9. A declaration must be given of whether ethical approval was obtained and if not, why not.
10. The author submitting the abstract is the Corresponding Author and this author’s contact details must be clearly given (address, tel, fax, e-mail).
11. Your abstract should be structured according to the following format:
    1. Title of the Abstract (IN CAPITAL LETTERS)
    2. Authors (initials with full stops after each, then surname; the name of the Presenting Author must be underlined) and Affiliations
    3. Abstract
    4. References (Key only, max 5)
12. The decision of the Abstract Review Committee on the acceptability of the abstract is final. While preferences for oral or poster presentations will be considered, the Committee may offer the alternative format. No correspondence on their decision can be initiated by the author(s)
13. All abstracts will be acknowledged. If you have not had a confirmation of receipt within 14 days of your submission, please contact the Conference Secretariat.

New to UKCS this year is a session on “Challenging Cases”. A multidisciplinary panel of experts has been assembled to review your challenging case and offer considered advice. It is an opportunity for a member of the team to present and discuss the management of a challenging condition. A representative selection of cases will be chosen to ensure a varied and educational session. Those cases not accepted for presentation to the panel but deemed of educational value will be offered a poster presentation. All accepted abstracts will be published.

PLEASE NOTE:  ALL PRESENTING AUTHORS MUST REGISTER AS FULL CONFERENCE DELEGATES –  PLEASE ENSURE THAT THIS IS POSSIBLE FOR YOU TO ATTEND  BEFORE YOU SUBMIT YOUR ABSTRACT. 
There is no day delegate rate offered, due to the low registration fee associated with the conference, while the programme content is designed to be of benefit over the three days for all delegates.
Submission of an abstract is confirmation of acceptance of the need to register.

Instructions for Submission

1. Your abstract must be received by 18.00 hours on 1st February 2011
2. Your abstract must be submitted in English
3. Your abstract must be submitted by E-Mail as an attachment in Word format not as part of the text to ukcsabstracts@indexcommunications.com
4. Faxed or posted abstracts will not be accepted for submission
5. Your abstract must not exceed 300 words.    
6. You must state in the covering E-Mail if not accepted for presentation whether you wish it to be accepted for poster presentation.
7. The author submitting the abstract is the Corresponding Author and this author’s contact details must be clearly given (address, tel, fax, e-mail).
8. The abstract must not contain any patient identifying information. .Abstracts will be anonymised for scoring.
9. Your abstract should be structured according to the following format:

   Title of the Challenging Case (IN CAPITAL LETTERS)
   Authors (initials with full stops after each, then surname; the name of the Presenting Author must be underlined) and Affiliations
   The abstract should be structured under the following 5 headings:

   • Summary of presenting symptoms
   • Relevant history
   • Examination findings
   • Investigation results
   • Question to be answered.

10. The decision of the Abstract Review Committee on the acceptability of the abstract is final. Whilst the quality of the cases will be an important factor, in order to provide a balanced session some challenging cases may not be chosen over others of a similar nature. Cases that are deemed educationally useful will be offered for poster presentation if the author has indicated an interest. No correspondence on the decision can be initiated by the author(s).
11. All abstracts will be acknowledged.  If you have not had a confirmation of receipt within 14 days of your submission, please contact the Conference Secretariat.