Abstract submission
The abstract submission portal is now closed. Abstract submitters will be notified of acceptance/rejection by June 14th.
Abstract guidelines. Before submitting your abstract to ISTA, complete it in a Microsoft Word document according to the following formatting requirements, then copy/paste your abstract into the abstract portal during submission:
- Write your abstract using 10pt Times New Roman.
- The body of your abstract may be no more than 500 words.
- Up to 3 figures may be attached to your abstract during the submission process. Do not include tables or images in the body of your abstract.
- Abstract authors and affiliations are blinded to reviewers. Do not list any author names or institutions in the body of the abstract.
Abstract body format.
- Introduction: State the problem and the purpose of the study.
- Methods: Describe what was actually done.
- Results: Report the findings of the study.
- Conclusion: Relate the problem and purpose of the study to the study’s findings.
- References: (optional)
- Acknowledgements: (optional)
- Keywords: (optional)
Additional information.
- All abstract authors are required to complete conflict of interest disclosures by Saturday April 30th, 2022.
- Any number of abstracts can be submitted, but each presenting author will be limited to no more than two presentations.
- All presentation formats require a verbal presentation from the presenting author.
- Presented abstracts will be published in the Bone & Joint Journal after the Congress. Abstract authors may opt out of BJJ publication during abstract submission.
- Submissions may be edited until the abstract submission deadline. After the submission deadline, abstracts (including the author list) may not be edited.
- ISTA membership is not required to submit an abstract.
- Abstract acceptance/rejection notifications will be sent to authors by Tuesday, June 14th.
Abstract submission categories
Joint
- Hip
- Knee
- Shoulder
- Foot & ankle
- Spine
- Hand & wrist
- All joints
Categories of technology & research
- Materials
- Design
- Computer modelling & simulation (FEA, etc)
- Manufacturing
- Implant testing
- Surgical instrumentation
- Surgical technique
- Rehabilitation
- Shark Tank
- Clinical (e.g. protocols, etc)
- Outcomes
- Other
Contemporary arthroplasty problems
- Patient satisfaction/expectations
- Infection
- Revision complexity & skill
- Anterior knee pain
- Hospital throughput of cases & Ambulatory Surgical Centers
- Metal ion release
- Hip dislocation
- Cost & surgeon time
- Lagging testing standards & duplication of standards
- Uneven international regulatory requirements
- Excessive surgeon dictation time and data base entry
- Other
Emerging technologies & trends
- Robotics & navigation
- Additive manufacturing
- Drug eluting implants
- Wearables
- Surgery training simulators
- Artificial intelligence & machine learning
- Augmented & mixed reality
- Dual mobility hips
- Joint registries
- Outpatient & ambulatory surgery centers
- Integration of computer aided surgical technologies
- Innovation, enterprise & small company startups
- Advanced computational methods & software
- Other