INSTRUCTIONS TO AUTHORS

Author Guidelines 

Revista Cirugía del Uruguay  is the official dissemination publication of the Society of Surgery of Uruguay, in its third edition in electronic version.

It publishes articles that must be unpublished and original on topics of general surgery, sub specialties, topics of plastic and reconstructive, vascular, thoracic and bariatric surgery as well as basic and clinical research topics: review articles, original articles, clinical cases, letters to editor, innovations in surgical technique, image of the month, scientific videos and articles on the history of Surgery.

Submitted articles should not have been nominated for other scientific publications.

Admission process and peer reviewed  system

The works submitted for publication will be evaluated by the Editorial Board and if they meet the requirements in terms of form and content they will be submitted to the arbitration process. It is a peer evaluation, minimum of two external evaluators, who are prominent members of the national and international surgical community.

This evaluation is anonymous and both authors and evaluators do not know each other, known as double blind arbitration system

The evaluation will be carried out within 60 days and within that period the manuscript will be returned to the authors, in case of requiring adjustments or corrections. The article may be accepted in its entirety, rejected or accepted with modifications suggested by the reviewers. The work will then be forwarded to the author, who will have 30 days to make the suggested corrections and forward it to the editor. The Editorial Board will determine who is published or requires a new peer review.

Anti plagiarism detection methods are used.

Upon receipt of the papers, before sending them to reviewers, an evaluation of the manuscript about similarities and / or plagiarism is made. For this, the Crossref Similarity Check anti-plagiarism detection method is used.

PLAGIO POLICY

To treat a case of plagiarism, la Revista Cirugía del Uruguay  follows the guidelines included in the organization chart of the International Ethics Committee in the Scientific Publication - COPE (http://publicationethics.org/resources/flowcharts).

In case of possible plagiarism in a published article:

     The person who notifies us of a plagiarism situation will be informed of the process to follow.
     Articles are compared to check the degree of copy.
     The case will be presented to the Editorial Committee of the journal to request their opinions and comments.
     The documentary evidence of the plagiarism case will be sent to the author of the article in question and a response will be requested.
     If the authors are found responsible for plagiarism:

The editor of the journal in which the original plagiarized article was published and the authors of the plagiarized article will be informed

- La Revista Cirugía del Uruguay will publish an official retraction of the work.

- The online version of the article will be withdrawn.

- The journal will not publish any other article by the authors involved in plagiarism for a period of 5 years.

- Documented report will be submitted to the authorities of the institution of the authors involved in plagiarism.

About the copyright

The author will not receive any monetary compensation or royalties for the publication of his work in the Revista Cirugía del Uruguay.

Authors may adopt other non-exclusive license agreements for the distribution of the version of the published work (for example: deposit it in a repository or publish it in a monographic volume) provided that the initial publication in this journal is indicated.

Authors are allowed and recommended to disseminate their work through the internet (for example in archives or institutional repositories).

Copyright notice

All articles, videos and images published in the Revista Cirugía del Uruguay are licensed under Creative Commons CC, which is a complement to traditional copyright, in the following terms: first, the authorship of the referred document must always be acknowledged and secondly none Article or work published in the journal may have commercial purposes of any nature.

The authors retain their copyright and assign to the journal the right of first publication of their work, which will be simultaneously subject to the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License that allows the work to be shared whenever the initial publication is indicated in this journal

Non-APC

Our journal does not have any type of charges for the authors, that is, there are no costs for sending articles to evaluate, nor for processing articles, nor for subscription, nor any other type of cost.

GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

1 Communication: Manuscripts should be sent in OpenOffice or Word format by email to: revista@scu.org.uy or through the journal's platform.

 2. Presentation letter: must be attached to the manuscript and signed by all authors. It will specify:

a. Title of the work and authors with their corresponding ORCID and email of each and every one of the authors

b. Percentage of contribution of each of the authors to the work, based on the following characteristics:

Conception, design, analysis, interpretation of results, writing and critical review.

c. Suggested location within the sections of the magazine.

d. Declaration of all the authors who know, participate and agree with the content of the manuscript.

and. Statement that the article was not previously published and has not been simultaneously presented in another medium.

F. Declaration that the work has been carried out in compliance with international standards on clinical research.

g. Address, telephone and email address of the author in charge of correspondence with the journal.

h. Knowledge of and agreement with the publication regulations of the journal Cirugía del Uruguay.

i. Declaration of conflict of interest.

 3. General style rules

The articles will be written in Spanish in clear and concise language. They will be presented in electronic format, in Word,  word processor or similar, Times New Roman body 12, including figures and tables independently.

Tables and graphs should be in excel format and figures with a minimum resolution of 300 dpi in the size that would be in the article.

Abbreviations and symbols. Only standard abbreviations will be used, avoiding their use in the summary and title. When used for the first time, it must be preceded by the full name to which it corresponds. Abusive use of abbreviations should be avoided, except when repeated 3 or more times in the text and detailing it in its first appearance in the text.

Whenever possible, the generic name of the drugs used will be recorded.

Percentages: If the total number is less than 25, percentages should not be used; if the number is between 25 and 100 the percentages should be expressed without decimals. If the total number is between 100 and 100,000 a decimal can be added. The original data should always be included. Example: There were complications in 12 (10%) of 120 patients.

 4. Conflict of interest

Statement on the financing of the study or any other type that could lead to a conflict of interest. The authors of the manuscript are responsible for revealing all economic or personal relationships that may bias their work; must expressly express whether or not there are conflicts of interest

5. Contribution

   Each of the people listed as the author of an article must have participated in a relevant way in the design and development of the same as to assume responsibility for the contents, and must agree with the final version that will be published.
At the end of the work to be published, the percentage of contribution of each of the authors to the work must be stated, based on the following characteristics:

a.conception

b. design

c. analysis, interpretation of results

d. writing and critical review.

It is necessary to have participated in at least two of these stages in order to be considered the author of the work. Other contributions may be included in an acknowledgment section.

 6. Ethics

The international standards of ethics must be respected in the design, performance of the work and preparation of the manuscript.

If the work has the participation of people or animals, the author must ensure that it was carried out in compliance with the Helsinki declaration.

In randomized clinical trials, the authors must have obtained the written informed consent of the patient authorizing their publication, reproduction and dissemination in electronic format in Surgery of Uruguay. If photos or patient data are reproduced in the article, they should not identify people.

Editorial ethics and good practices. The Revista de Cirugía del Uruguay adheres to the ethical standards of the Committee of Publication Ethics (COPE). These standards are valid during all stages of the selection and publication processes, and apply to all participants, including authors, reviewers, editors and editorial committee.

For more information, see  COPE Best Practice Guidelines.

 

TYPES OF WORKS  TO BE PRESENTED IN REVISTA DE CIRUGÍA DEL URUGUAY

1. EDITORIAL

Its realization will be in charge of the Editorial Committee or whoever it designates; it will be about a current issue, linked or not to an article published in the journal. It will have an extension between 800 and 1000 words; no more than 15 bibliographic citations and a single author.

2. ORIGINAL ARTICLE

They describe clinical, experimental or technical research that contributes to the generation and dissemination of scientific knowledge in General Surgery. You must follow the format of Introduction, Methods, Results and Discussion. The body of the work must not exceed 2500 words (they are excluded for the count, the title page, the summary, the acknowledgments, the references, tables and figures) and may not contain more than 10 figures.

The composition of the articles whose title should be in the language of the article and in English consists of:

A. Abstract,  it must be clear, concise and informative allowing the understanding of the article without having to read it completely. It will consist of five parts: Introduction and objectives; materials and methods; results; Discussion and Conclusions.

The extension will not exceed 250 words. Abbreviations or bibliographic citations should not be used. Next to it, 3 to 8 keywords are necessary.

In all cases, a summary in English must be attached, consisting of the same parts.

b. Introduction: It consists of three parts, the first one identifies and defines the problem, the second makes a brief review of what is currently known about the subject under study and the third exposes the objectives of the work. Only the strictly necessary references will be given and no aspect of the subject will be extensively reviewed.

c. Methods, in the initial paragraph the type of study design (clinical, experimental, prospective, retrospective, observational, structured clinical trial or not) and the scope of the study (multicentre or not, type of Center, etc.) must be expressed.

The methods and procedures used in detail will be described in a way that allows other researchers to reproduce the research. In clinical trials the form of randomization will be specified ; The method used to calculate the sample size will also be specified.

 In the statistical analysis, the methodology used must be explained. Statistical methods should be described in detail to allow the reader (with access to the original data) to verify the results presented.

The use of confidence intervals in substitution of p-values ​​or at least is recommended, always accompanying them to complement the main result of a study or the most important secondary results.

The statistical test used to calculate the values ​​of p and confidence intervals must be specified, as well as the statistical program used and the number of its version. The statistical tests will be specified both in the Material and methods section and in the tables and figures.

 When experiments on human beings are presented, it should be indicated whether the procedures that were followed were in accordance with the Ethical Standards Committee of the committee responsible for human experimentation (institutional or regional) or with the Helsinki Declaration of 1975 in the version revised from 1983 and 2003. Patient names, initial or Hospital numbers should not be used, especially in any illustration material. In the case of animal experiments, indicate whether the institution or the National Resecar Council rules or any national law on the care and use of laboratory animals were followed.

 d. Results

They report, they do not interpret the observations made with the methods used. They must be presented clearly, concisely and in a logical order, using charts, graphs or other illustrations that allow a better interpretation that is intended to be displayed.

 e. Discussion

 The author or authors provide their opinions on the subject without repeating data provided in the introduction or the results. Highlights here: meaning and practical application of the results, considerations on a possible inconsistency of the methodology and the reasons why the results may be valid. Comparison with similar publications and points of agreement and disagreement. Indications and guidelines for future research, as well as highlighting novel and important aspects of the study.

 f. Conclusions

 The conclusions highlight the findings or contributions of the work, which must be supported by the results and respond to the research objectives.

 g. Thanks

They are aimed at those people who have contributed significantly to the study.

 h. Bibliographic references

 The format of the bibliographic references must follow the norms adopted by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (http://www.icmje.org)

 They should not be more than 40 bibliographic citations.

 They will be indicated in Arabic numerals consecutively and in the order in which they first appear within the text.

Bibliographic references should be checked by comparison with the original documents.

Some examples of references

Journal article

Journal article with an author (up to six authors are separated with a comma)

 Gaba DM. Human error in anesthetic mishaps. Int. Anesthesiol Clin 1989; 27(3):137-47.

More than six authors (first six and the abbreviation et al)

 Flores JC, Alvo M, Borja H, Morales J, Vega J, Zúñiga C, et al. Chronic kidney disease: classification, identification, management and complications. Rev. Med. Chil. 2009; 137 (1): 137-77.

Collective author (the author is a team)

 Diabetes Prevention Program Research Group. Hypertension, insulin, and proinsulin in participants with impaired glucose tolerance. Hypertension 2002; 40 (5): 679-86

Chapter of the book

Meltzer PS, Kallioniemi A, Trent JM. Chromosome alterations in human solid tumors. In: Vogelstein B, Kinzler KW, editors. The genetic basis of human cancer. New York: McGraw-Hill; 2002. p. 93-113. (N. del T .: In Spanish: In :)

Conference Proceedings

Harnden P, Joffe JK, Jones WG, editors. Germ cell tumors V. Proceedings of the 5th Germ Cell Tumor Conference; 2001 Sep 13-15; Leeds, UK. New York: Springer; 2002. (N. of the T .: In Spanish: Minutes of the)

Internet journal article

 Abood S. Quality improvement initiative in nursing homes: the ANA acts in an advisory role. Am J Nurs [Internet]. 2002 Jun [cited 2002 Aug 12]; 102 (6): [about 1 p.]. Available from: http://www.nursingworld.org/AJN/2002/june/Wawatch.htmArticle (N. of T .: In Spanish: [cited 12 Aug 2002]; [approx. 1 p.]. Available at: )

Internet Monograph

Foley KM, Gelband H, editors. Improving palliative care for cancer [Internet]. Washington: National Academy Press; 2001 [cited 2002 Jul 9]. Available from: http://www.nap.edu/books/0309074029/html/. (N. del T .: In Spanish: [cited 9 Jul 2002]. Available in :)

Blog contribution

 Mantone J. Head trauma haunts many, researchers say. 2008 Jan 29 [cited 2009 Feb 13]. In: Wall Street Journal. HEALTH BLOG [Internet]. New York: Dow Jones & Company, Inc. c2008 -. [about 1 screen]. Available from: http://blogs.wsj.com/health/2008/01/29/head-trauma-haunts-many-researchers-say/.

 For more examples see:  International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE). Uniformity requirements for manuscripts sent to biomedical journals: Reference examples: http://www.scu.org.uy/biblioteca/pdf/requisitos_de_uniformidad_ejemplos_de_referencias_2010.pdf

3. CLINICAL CASES

Case studies of no more than 5 patients may be included in which unusual forms of presentation are described or that provide relevant aspects regarding their study, diagnosis or treatment.

The maximum length will be 850 words and the text will not be structured in sections. It will be accompanied by an unstructured summary of no more than 100 words. 3 figures or tables will be accepted. The bibliography will not exceed 10 references. In maximum number of authors is five.

4. INNOVATION IN SURGICAL TECHNIQUES

 This type of publication may describe a new surgical technique or the original modification of a known technique or new indications of a technique previously published by other authors.

The work will have a summary of no more than 200 words with English translation.

The manuscript will have the following sections: Introduction, historical background, indications, proposed technique where all the technical steps used, the critical or risk points will be shown in detail and how to circumvent them, advantages and disadvantages with respect to other techniques and bibliography. The presentation of casuistry is not obligatory, although the author can communicate his casuistry and results.

The length of the text will not exceed 2000 words, excluding the abstract and the bibliography.

The maximum number of authors is 5.

The manuscript must be illustrated with high quality images, photos, diagrams or drawings, which may not be more than 6.

5. IMAGE OF THE MONTH

 Images that have an educational impact are included here. These may be imaging studies (tomography, magnetic resonance imaging), endoscopic, surgical pieces, pathological pieces, etc.

The maximum length of the text will be 150 words. The diagnosis should be indicated at the end of the text. It may not have more than 5 authors.

 6. REVISIONS

They will be at the invitation of the editorial board, however, if it considers it relevant, it may accept manuscripts in this modality. The maximum length of the text will be 3500 words and up to 6 figures or tables will be accepted. An unstructured summary in Spanish and English with an extension of no more than 150 words is required. After the summary, 3 to 8 keywords will be included.

Maximum number of authors: five.

The review methodology should be explained; if it was a systematic review, they must adhere to the standards proposed by QUORUM (Quality of reporting of meta-analyzes). Lancet 1999; 354: 1896-900.

7. SCIENTIFIC VIDEOS

 This modality is incorporated as a novelty in this third era of our journal.

 A written summary should be sent next to the video, with a maximum length of 150 words that will include an introduction, followed by the description of the contents of the video as well as the pertinent comments.

It will have a maximum duration of 8 minutes and must have a Spanish language phrase.

No more than 5 authors may appear per video.

They should be edited in formats used by the You tube platform.

 The material sent should not include promotions or commercials.

 8. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Include comments or observations regarding articles recently published in the Journal and in some cases on articles published in other journals. It must contain ideas and comments that are always supported by data and bibliographic references. The maximum length will be 450 words and the maximum number of authors will be five. A summary is not required. They may be published according to the criteria of the editor.

9. SURGERY HISTORY ARTICLES

 They are manuscripts on exhaustive studies about the history of a specific pathology, surgical procedure, diagnostic technique and its impact on the surgical specialty, prominent medical character or Institution, in which its historical aspects are described.

Its extension will not exceed 3500 words. No more than 50 bibliographical references. Maximum number of authors: four.

For additional information on bibliographic presentation and / or presentation of articles, authors can write to revista@scu.org.uy

 Works that do not conform to these guidelines will not be accepted or published.

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Copyright Notice  

All articles, videos and images published in Revista Cirugía del Uruguay are under the Creative Commons CC licenses, which is a complement to the traditional copyright, in the following terms: first, the authorship of the referred document must always be acknowledged and secondly none of the article or work published in the journal may have commercial purposes of any nature. The authors retain their copyrights and give the magazine the right of first publication of their work, which will be simultaneously subject to the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License license that allows the work to be shared whenever the initial publication is indicated in this journal.

Privacy Statement  

The names and email addresses entered in this journal site will be used exclusively for the stated purposes of this journal and will not be made available for any other purpose or to any other party.

OPEN ACCESS POLICY

This journal provides open access to all its content. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0)

This means that all content is available free of charge and at no charge to the user or their institution. Users may read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of articles, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without prior permission from the publisher or author.

The authors are free to archive their article in the institutional repositories or in their personal web pages, always mentioning the publication in the Cirugía del Uruguay journal with the corresponding data.

Following the Guidelines for transparency and promotion of openness in the policies and practices of journals (Transparency and Openness Promotion TOP) of the SciELO Project, in which this journal is indexed, and in compliance with level 1 of guideline 2 (Transparency data), authors are encouraged to include in their original research articles a section on “Data Availability” in which they report whether the dataset used in their research is available and, if so, where to access it.

In the event that the author has his research data on a server, he must declare it within the article with the following sentence:

"The data set supporting the results of this study are available at..."

Otherwise, you must include a sentence within the article stating the following:

"The data set that supports the results of this study is not available".