Abstracts for Review Articles Provide Within One Paragraph the Purpose, Methods, Important

ABSTRACT

Abstracts for review articles provide within one paragraph the purpose, methods, important results, and derived conclusion of the study in an unstructured format.

Keywords: A; B; C

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Grant/Fund Support: Financial support, including foundations, institutions, pharmaceutical and device manufacturers, private companies, intramural departmental sources, or any other support should be described.

Research Ethics: In a report of an experiment for human subjects, it should be stated that the study was performed according to the Helsinki Declaration (http://www.wma.net/en/30publications/10policies/b3/) and approved by the Research Ethics Committee (REC) or the Institutional Review Board (IRB) of the institution where the experiment was performed. A written informed consent should be obtained from all subjects.

In cases of animal experiments, it should be stated clearly that the processes complied with regulations of institutions or national research committee related to breeding and using laboratory animals or the NIH Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals. If necessary, it can be required to submit written consents and approvals of ethics committee.

Conflict of Interest: If there are any conflicts of interest, authors should disclose them in the manuscript. If there are no any conflicts of interest, authors should describe following sentence. “No potential conflict of interest relevant to this article was reported”.

Main Text

INTRODUCTION

The manuscript should be provided in MS Word file (doc, docx), double spaced on 212 mm×297 mm (A4 size) with 2.5 cm margins at the top, bottom, and left margin. The length of the manuscript should not exceed 3,500 words except for the cover, tables, figures, and references.

Abbreviation

The use of acronyms and abbreviations is discouraged and should be kept to a minimum. When used, they are to be defined where first used, followed by the acronym or abbreviation in parentheses.

Citation of Reference

References should be numbered consecutively in the order in which they are first mentioned in the text. Each reference should be cited as [1], [1,4], or [1-3]. When quoting from other sources, give a reference number in bracket after the author’s name or at the end of the quotation. Examples are as follows:

-Kim [1]

-Bernstein and Horbar [2]

-Bradin et al. [3]

SECTION HEADING FROM MAIN BODY

The main text consists of the INTRODUCTION, MAIN BODY, CONCLUSIONS sections. CONFLICT OF INTEREST and ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS sections may be included following CONCLUSIONS. Subsection headings should be structured as follows:

Secondary Subsection Heading

Tables and figures should be indicated in main text as follows: (Table 1), (Tables 1, 2), (Tables 1-3), (Fig. 1A, B), (Fig. 1A-C), (Figs. 1, 2), (Figs. 1-3), (Figs. 1A, 3B), (Table 1, Fig. 2).

Tertiary subsection heading

Quaternary subsection heading:

CONCLUSIONS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Persons or institutes who contributed to the papers but not enough to be coauthors may be introduced.

REFERENCES

References should not exceed 100.

Journal

(Author. Title. Journal name Year:Vol;Page.)

1. Kwon BE, Kim GY, Son YJ, Roh YS, You MA. Quality of life of women with urinary incontinence: a systematic literature review. Int Neurourol J 2010;14:133-8.

2. Song HJ, Lee EJ, Bergstrom N, Kang DH, Lee DH, Koh G, et al. Lower urinary tract symptoms and erectile dysfunction in men with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Int Neurourol J 2013;17:180-5.

Book

(Author. Book title. Edition. Place: Publisher; Year.)

Wein AJ, Kavoussi LR, Novick AC, Partin AW, Peters CA, editors. Campbell-Walsh urology. 9th ed. Philadelphia: Saunders; 2007.

Book chapter

(Chapter author. Chapter title. In: editor(s). Book Title. Edition. Place: Publisher; Year. Chapter page.)

Klein Ea, Platz EA, Thompson IM, Epidemiology, etiology, and prevention of prostate cancer. In: Wein AJ, Kavoussi LR, Novick AC, Partin AW, Peters CA, editors. Campbell-Walsh urology. 9th ed. Philadelphia: Saunders; 2007. p. 2854-73.

Web site

(Title [Internet]. Place: Publisher; Copyright year [cited Year Month Date]. Available from: URL.)

American Cancer Society. Cancer Reference Information [Internet]. Atlanta (GA): American Cancer Society; c2010 [cited 2010 Jun 20]. Available from: http://www.cancer.org/docroot/CRI/CRI_0.asp.

Other types of references not described below should follow The NLM Style Guide for Authors, Editors, and Publishers (http://www.nlm.nih.gov/citingmedicine.).

(Table sample)

Table 1. Comparison of number of episodes of incontinence per 24 hours, urodynamic parameters, and QoL scores at baseline and after 24 weeks

Parameter / Baseline / 24 Weeks / P-valuea)
No. of incontinence episodes/24 hr / 7 ± 1 (6–9) / 1 ± 3 (0–11) / <0.001
MCC (mL) / 172 ± 33 (115–225) / 461 ± 139 (130–600) / <0.001
Pdetmax (cmH2O) / 79 ± 21 (36–114) / 30 ± 27 (5–105) / <0.001
Bladder compliance (mL/cmH2O) / 15 ± 3 (6–20) / 40 ± 24 (13–120) / <0.001
Qualiveen, SIUP / 3.38 ± 0.39 (2.45–4.00) / 1.90± 0.71 (1.15–4.00) / <0.001
Qualiveen, QoL index / –1.28 ± 0.45 (–2.00 to –0.33) / –0.65 ± 0.49 (–1.56 to 0.11) / <0.001

Values are presented as mean ± standard deviation (range).

MCC, maximum cystometric capacity; Pdetmax, maximum detrusor pressure; QoL, quality of life; SIUP, specific impact of urinary problems.

a)Wilcoxon test.

(Table guide)

Each table should be typed in the separate sheet. The title of the table should be on top placed. The first letter of the first word should be capitalized. Tables are numbered in order of citation in main text. Only horizontal lines should be used within a table, to distinguish the column headings from the body of the table, and immediately above and below the table. Lower case letters in superscripts a), b), c) ... should be used for special remarks.
(Figure sample)

Fig. 1. Histologic features of the surgical specimen: arrows showing high-grade well-differentiated squamous cell carcinoma in situ with cells of various sizes (H&E, ×400).

(Figure Guide)

Figures should be submitted as Tiff or EPS file format. If the only possible file format is JPEG, it must be in highest quality with minimum compression. Number figures as Fig. 1, Fig. 2 … in order of citation. An individual should not be recognizable in the photographs unless written consent of the subject has been obtained and is provided at the time of submission. Scales should be presented as a bar in the picture or as a magnification remark in the legend.

Except for especially complicated drawings that show large amounts of data, all figures are published at one page or one column width; when the figures are reduced to the size of a single column or of a single page width, the smallest parts of the figure must be legible.

It is recommended to size original figure widths to 4 inches wide. The minimum requirements for digital resolution are:

• 900 DPI/PPI for black and white images, such as line drawings or graphs.

• 300 DPI/PPI for picture-only photographs.

• 600 DPI/PPI for photographs containing pictures and line elements, i.e., text labels, thin lines, arrows.

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