Abstracts

All abstracts must be submitted online by October 1, 2024 at 11:59 p.m. EDT (US). No exceptions will be made.

The theme for the 2025 IMAST meeting is “Changing Practice with New Technologies.”

Abstract Categories

Abstracts submitted into the SRS meeting must fit into one of the following categories to be considered for participation:

Authors can choose optional sub-categories to further classify their topic. More than one sub-category can be selected:

*New Category for IMAST 2025: AI & Machine Learning

Abstracts eligible for this category will describe utilization of artificial intelligence, machine learning, predictive analytics, or wearable technology in the diagnosis, treatment planning, intraoperative guidance, or postoperative care of operative spine pathology.

Submission Portal & Deadline

Abstracts must be submitted online. Complete instructions for submission can be found in the submission portal. The deadline to submit an abstract is Tuesday, October 1, 2024 at 11:59pm EDT (US). No exceptions will be made.

Abstract Length

Submission length is limited to 2,500 characters.

Characters in the abstract title, body and table/image caption will be counted (including spaces). Characters in the author and institution listing will not be counted. There is a strict limit of one graph, figure or table to each submitted abstract. No exceptions will be made.

Previous Publication or Presentation

Abstracts which have been published in journals, meeting proceedings, or other publications, as well as those presented at meetings prior to the SRS meeting to which authors wish to submit are NOT eligible for submission. Only abstracts that have NOT been previously published or presented are eligible for submission.

Disclosure and Licensing Requirement

The Scoliosis Research Society (SRS) must ensure balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor in all educational activities. Therefore, as a person who is in position to influence or control the content of a CME activity, ALL abstract authors must disclose all financial relationships held in the past 24 months with ineligible companies.* If the financial relationship has occurred in the past 24 months, but has since ended, we still require you to disclose the relationship. Visit this link to disclose: https://owpm1.com/abstracts/IMAST/disclosure
The username is the email associated with your abstract and the password your first name. 

*An ineligible company is an entity whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by or on patients. For specific examples of ineligible companies visit accme.org/standards.

Product-Specific Language

SRS strongly prefers that pharmaceuticals and proprietary software/databases as well as surgical approaches or specific instrumentation such as “Surgimap, MIMICS, EOS Imaging, ROTEM, , XLIF, DLIF, AxiaLIF, Solera, Vertex, Expedium, Mountaineer, Shilla, VEPTR etc.,” are not used in presentations. These terms should be replaced by a generic term or description of the drug, software/database and/or instrumentation or technique unless the use of the term directly impacts learners’ understanding of the presentation or data. Instrumentation may also be referred to when the device name is a landmark system that is no longer sold (i.e. Harrington, Cotrel-Dubousset, Luque). It is recognized that studies evaluating a device or devices or comparing different devices or techniques may require the use of product or technique names. If a device trade name or industry developed technique using a trademarked name are used in an abstract or presentation, it will be specifically reviewed by the CME Committee for evaluation of any relevant financial relationships. When there is a known relevant financial relationship, expanded verbal disclosure will be necessary at the time of presentation. Furthermore, if a product name is mentioned, the audience should be informed of why it is necessary to give the name.

Please view the SRS Product Translation Glossary for more information.

Abstract Review

All abstracts submitted will be reviewed and graded, in blinded fashion, by the IMAST Committee. One-year follow-up is required for papers submitted to IMAST. Based upon abstract grading, those selected will be assigned to a four-minute oral presentation or three-minute E-Point presentation. Acceptance notification will be sent on December 10, 2024.

Attendance

By submitting an abstract to IMAST, abstract authors agree that at least one (1) author will attend the meeting for which the abstract is accepted and will be available to present on the date and at the time assigned by the organizing committees. Authors will be notified of presentation times at the time of or shortly after notification of acceptance and are expected to make appropriate travel arrangements to ensure that at least one of the abstract’s authors will be in attendance. In addition, presenting authors are expected to register to attend the meetings for which they are accepted by the deadline set forth in their acceptance notification. Abstracts for which an author is not pre-registered by the dates set forth may be withdrawn from the program. 

Acceptance

All selected authors will be required to respond to a formal invitation by January 7, 2025, to confirm participation in the program.

Oral Presentation Cancellation & No-Show Policy

Authors unable to present their paper in person should inform SRS as soon as possible with a co-author that can attend to present the paper.  If no one is able to attend in person, please inform SRS by January, so an alternate paper can be substituted. Please note that in the case of a "no-show" podium presentation, the presenting author associated with the "no-show" paper will be prohibited from presenting any papers at the next two IMAST meetings.  

E-Point Presentation Cancellation Policy

At least one author or co-author on all E-Point presentations is expected to register to attend the meeting, for which they are accepted, by the deadline set forth in their acceptance notification. If this author cancels their registration prior to the meeting, the E-Point presentation may be withdrawn from the program.

Advance Presentation Submission Requirement

All presentations must clear a CME review conducted by the SRS CME Committee. Presenters may be required to submit slides for review before the meeting and may be asked to make small or significant changes if a bias issue is found. Failure to address pertinent CME review issues will result in pulling the presentation from the program and in a one-year ban for abstract presentations and a three-year ban for invited speakers and faculty presentations.