Abstract Submission Guidelines

Oral presentations

• All abstracts must be submitted online prior to May 26, 2024.
• Abstracts must be written in clear English and recommended to be limited to approximately 300 words.
• An abstract consists of a title, author names and affiliation, text of the submission.
• Title: Capitalize the first letter of each word for the Author Information (Department, Institution, City, and Country).
• A concise title with not exceeding 30 words recommended.
• The abstract body text should be structured chronologically into four sections: Objective, Methods, Results, Conclusion.
• Keywords: No more than 5 keywords which the first word begins with a capital letter.
• No additional proofreading or corrections will be allowed after the submission deadline. It is the responsibility of the authors to ensure that their text does not contain typos or grammatical errors.
• The scientific program committee will make the final decision to the option of presentation type after review (Oral presentation or poster presentation).
• Acknowledgment of your submission will be sent to the e-mail address provided by the corresponding author
• The e-mail you provided us will be used to notify you of the acceptance status and to send you updates. If you have any inquiries, please contact the secretariat at office@koreahernia.or.kr.

Video presentations

• You need to upload 2-4 representative photos of the video case you want to present in one photo file.
• Please provide a written summary outlining aspects of the operation you wish to demonstrate as well as the clinical scenario.
• Review of the submission will be based on a summary of the abstract text and the photo.
  If accepted for presentation, you may be asked to upload the video.

Abstract Topics

• Inguinal hernia
• Ventral hernia
• Parastomal hernia
• Rare hernias
• Surgical technique
• Postoperative complications
• Training/education
• Epidemiology
• Robotic surgery

Notification of Acceptance

• All submitted abstracts will be reviewed by the Scientific Committee according to standard review procedures.
• Notification of acceptance will be sent by e-mail to corresponding, presenting and abstract submitting authors by  May 31, 2024.

Withdrawal of Abstracts

• If the presenting author of an accepted abstract does not register by the pre-registration date, the abstract will be automatically withdrawn from the final program.
• If you would like to withdraw an abstract, please notify the secretariat in writing as soon as possible.

Best Presention Award

• The Best Abstract Award is designed as a recognition of the scientific contributions to the conference. Your abstract(s) will automatically be considered for this award after successful submission.
• Your abstract will be evaluated for the award by the Scientific Committee and the winners will be selected.

[Travel Grant]

- Only foreign participants may apply.
- Recipients will be selected after abstract review by the scientific committee.
- One recipient is eligible for each selected abstract.
- Please check the “Travel Grant” box on the abstract submission page.

1. Travel Grants for Overseas Applicants
We are pleased to announce that the Korean Hernia Society (KHS) Organizing Committee will offer travel grants to presenters coming from abroad. The travel grant is designed to encourage participation and abstract submissions from overseas applicants. It will be given to presenters whose abstracts have been accepted, and all international participants will be considered as nominees potentially for a travel grant.

2. Amount of Grants
- All awardees will receive travel grants after the congress.
- Overseas awardees will receive travel grants in the amount of USD 500 for oral presentations and USD 300 for poster presentations.

3. Eligibility
- Must be from overseas.
- Complete registration via the website.
- Submit an abstract before the deadline.
- Must attend the conference onsite.