Abstracts Submission

DEADLINE: 31^st MARCH 2026

The Scientific Committee of the 7^th WVOC World Veterinary Orthopaedics Congress invites authors to submit scientific abstracts for podium and poster presentation at the Congress. These should be of original and unpublished work. Papers from practitioners are particularly welcome.

Abstracts for submission are to be considered for either oral or poster presentation. Authors should indicate their preference during submission.
Final allocation of an abstract for either oral or poster presentation will be determined by the Scientific Committee based on the abstract’s score, author’s preference and the event timeline.
A maximum of two papers per author will be accepted.

Free communications to be presented in the Main scientific session will be evaluated by the scientific committee and those pertinent to the topics of the Congress will be favoured.

Key topics covered in the 2026 WVOC edition

• Patella
• Cruciate disease
• Joint Replacement
• Elbow Dysplasia
• Arthroscopy Techniques/Tips/Fracture repair
• Limb deformity
• Feline bone and joint disease
• Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation (incl. Gait Analysis, Biomechanics..)
• Osteoarthritis/Resurfacing
• Regenerative Medicine
• Traumatology
• Bone healing
• Infection management
• Spinal Surgery
• Musculoskeletal Imaging
• Oro- Facial Trauma
• Extremities

Others

• Artificial intelligence/Augmented Reality/Robotic Surgery
• Surgical audit/Surgical safety
• Surgical learning curves/Surgical Training
  
  

Abstracts in regard to the main topics listed above are favoured.

Free Communications must be written and presented in English.
Oral presentations have a 20-minute slot (including 5 min for questions/answers) which may not be exceeded. Abstracts should report recent clinical research; preliminary findings and single case reports will be also considered. Research abstracts must have ethical review approval if needed. Additionally, research must not have been published nor accepted for publication by the closing date of submission 31^st MARCH 2026, 11:59 PM (Rome Time Zone).

All abstracts are reviewed by the World Congress Scientific Committee, which reserves the right to select abstracts relevant to the sessions and topics and decides on the final form of the presentation (oral or poster) and on publication.

Authors are required to upload a long abstract for the Scientific Committee review and short version for publication on the book of proceedings (max 250 words).

Posters related to recent research into any aspect of veterinary orthopaedics and traumatology will be accepted for evaluation by the Scientific Committee.

Once the review process of all submitted abstracts is completed, authors will receive an e-mail informing whether the abstract has been accepted and whether it has been selected for poster or for oral presentation.

All abstract presenters (first author) must register for the Congress and are granted a 30% reduction on the Congress registration fee. Co-authors are not granted a reduced rate.
Submitted abstracts will be accepted and published in the conference proceedings only upon receipt of payment.

ABSTRACTS ARE TO BE SUBMITTED ONLINE BY 31^st MARCH 2026, 11:59 PM (Rome Time Zone).

Authors whose abstracts have been accepted will be notified latest by 31^st MAY 2026. For abstract submission please go to the ABSTRACT SUBMISSION CENTRE at web site http://abstract.evsrl.it/.

To access the ABSTRACT SUBMISSION CENTRE it is necessary to get a user name and a password for the EGO System.
Should you do not have user name and password, please go to EGO Home Page at http://ego.evsrl.it/.
Username and password will be sent in 2 working days.
The ABSTRACT SUBMISSION CENTRE will guide you filling up the following fields:

1. ABSTRACT
   A single abstract is required: text length should be max. 6.000 characters including spaces for the long abstract and an additional short abstract for publication (max. 250 words).
2. TITLE
   Title of work must be in CAPITAL LETTER, maximum length 180 characters including spaces.
3. SUBJECT
4. ADDRESS FOR CORRESPONDENCE
5. AUTHORS
   7 authors. Mark the presenting author with an asterisk.
   Indicate affiliation to an institute with superscript numbering e.g. Smith T1, Patterson C2.
   Enter institutes in numerical sequence after the parameter e.g.
   1 XXXXXX, 2XXXXXX
6. TEXT AND BIBLIOGRAPHY
7. DISCLOSURE STATEMENT
   A conflict of interest statement and/or an involvement (or better financial interest) with products used in the study needs to be stated at abstract submission and should be displayed during the lecture as second slide
8. ETHICAL APPROVALif applicable
9. SHORT ABSTRACT FOR PROCEEDINGS (MAX 250 WORDS)