Videos should typically be less than three minutes in length, but if more time is required to effectively show the surgical technique being used CSurgeries will accept videos up to five minutes in length.

Submitted videos should be submitted in their complete and final format, and at as high a resolution as possible. If you wish to submit a video that does not fit into these parameters, you should contact the editorial office at editor@csurgeries.com and explain why you feel your video should be granted an exception to these requirements.

An audio component is required with the submission, it should be for the purposes of explaining the surgical technique being shown in the video, and should be in English and clearly understood.

Please do not record or submit background noises or other background conversation that is not intended to further explain the surgical techniques being shown.

all audio explanations should be written and submitted in the abstract.

Each video that is submitted should be accompanied a brief title that captures the procedure and technique being portrayed. The title should be no more than 10 words. You should avoid using punctuation (such as colons, semicolons and dashes) whenever possible, in order to avoid possible errors with search engines.

You will be asked to select the appropriate surgical category/categories in which the procedure belongs as well as to identify the intended audience(s), (fellow surgeons, surgical trainees, or patients and their families). Videos can be submitted under up to three specialties. Surgical category options include:

• Cardiothoracic Surgery
• Endoscopy
• General Surgery
• Interventional Radiology
• Neurosurgery
• Obstetrics and Gynecology
• Ophthalmology
• Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
• Orthopedic Surgery
• Otolaryngology
• Pediatric Surgery
• Plastic Surgery
• Urologic Surgery
• Vascular Surgery

All abstracts should be written in English, using correct grammar, and free of errors. Please use only standard abbreviations for units of measurement, and approved abbreviations when citing journals in your manuscript’s Reference section. When submitting the video, you should include as much of the following information in your abstract as is possible:

1. Overview – 1-2 sentences briefly summarizing the procedure being shown
   
2. Related External Links – links to other articles or publications that might also be of interest to the viewer (other than references used)
3. Editor Recruited By – if you were recruited to submit a video to CSurgeries by a member of our editorial team, please identify them here
   
4. Tags – keywords to categorize the video, should include 1) organ(s) of interest in the surgery 2) key instrument(s) being used and 3) type of surgery being conducted (i.e. open, minimally invasive).
   
5. Procedure – landmark changes in the diagnosis or management of the condition, include relevant pictures and landmark papers
   
6. Indications – valid reason for the procedure
   
7. Contraindications – situations where this procedure would not be appropriate or safe
   
8. Instrumentation – specific instruments used and their manufacturers
   
9. Setup – specific tips for setup for the procedure and instruments
   
10. Preoperative Workup – all relevant investigations with significance and limitations, include pictures or videos demonstrating the findings to look for
    
11. Anatomy and Landmarks – alternate procedures or changes to the standard procedure in case of altered anatomy or different pathology
    
12. Advantages/Disadvantages – surgical technique used, describing its advantages and disadvantages
    
13. Complications/Risks – divided into Intra-op, early and late and how to avoid, identify and manage, includes any relevant pictures or videos
    
14. Disclosure of Conflicts – list all possible conflicts of interest, including financial, consultant, institutional and other relationships that might lead to bias or a conflict of interest
15. Acknowledgements – provide recognition of anyone who assisted with the submission that does not qualify for authorship status (see below under “Authorship Status”
    
16. References – See the American Medical Associated (AMA) Manual of Style for accepted abbreviations and reference format. These should also include a link to the article being cited (or abstract if full article not available)

It is the lead author’s responsibility to follow their institution’s requirements for the informed consent process, and when required, to obtain a signature of informed consent from the patient being filmed prior to filming. The author may use their institution’s approved informed consent documents, or an informed consent document is available at CSurgeries.com. The author should have a thorough conversation with the patient, explaining that they plan to film the operation and submit it for online publication. It should be explained to the patient that while attempts will be made to protect their privacy, it is possible that their identity and medical conditions could be identified by someone viewing the video. It is the author’s responsibility to avoid showing the patients face as much as is feasible during filming. All written consents must be obtained and retained by the author and copies of the consents or evidence that such consents have been obtained must be provided to CSurgeries on request.

Particular care should be taken with obtaining consent where children are concerned, or where an individual’s head or face appears. Authors should make all attempts possible to protect the privacy of the patient being filmed. Other than when appropriate, the patient’s face should not be displayed in the video. In order to protect patient privacy, the patient’s name or other identifying information should not be submitted to CSurgeries.

A conflict of interest may exist when an author (or the author’s institution or employer) has financial or personal relationships that could inappropriately influence (or bias) the author’s decisions, work, or submission materials.

All authors must state all possible conflicts of interest, including financial, consultant, institutional and other relationships that might lead to bias or a conflict of interest. All relevant conflicts of interest and sources of funding should be included at the end of the abstract in the Acknowledgments section, with the preceding text “Conflicts of Interest and Source of Funding” (see example below).

Conflicts of Interest and Source of Funding: A has received honoraria from Company X. B is currently receiving a grant (#12345) from Organization Y, and is on the speaker’s bureau for Organization Z. For the remaining authors none were declared.

It is the responsibility of the corresponding author to confirm all conflicts of interest for all listed authors. If authors are uncertain about what constitutes a relevant financial interest or relationship, they should contact the editorial office.

All submitted materials are reviewed by a peer reviewer who is an expert in the designated surgical field. Preference will be given to videos that are clearly educational or innovative in their nature.

Materials are evaluated according to the following criteria:

• the material is relevant and appropriate
• filming is clear and high quality
• abstract contents are clearly written
• the procedure has general surgical interest
• the video is free of endorsements and overt advertising

Peer reviewers have been carefully selected, and are all experts in their surgical specialty. Reviewer identities are kept confidential, but author identities are made known to reviewers. The existence of a video and the associated materials under review is not revealed to anyone other than peer reviewers and editorial staff. Peer reviewers are required to maintain confidentiality about the videos and materials they review and must not divulge any information about a specific submission to any third party without prior permission from the editors.

You may use your Submissions for the following:

• Personal Use
• Internal institutional Use
• Educational Use (classroom or conferences)
• Scholarly Posting (i.e. on personal website or open to the public sites such as YouTube).

The Submission cannot be used for the following:

• Use on competing websites
• Commercial use
• Posting to websites that charge to view the video

Authors must submit written permission from the copyright owner (usually the publisher) to use direct quotations, tables, or illustrations that have appeared in copyrighted or published form elsewhere, along with complete details about the source. Any permissions fees that might be required by the copyright owner are the responsibility of the authors requesting use of the borrowed material, not the responsibility of CSurgeries or its affiliates.

Per Section IV you may use your Submissions for the following:

• Personal Use
• Internal institutional Use
• Educational Use (classroom or conferences)
• Scholarly Posting (i.e. on personal website or open to the public sites such as YouTube).

The Submission cannot be used for the following:

• Use on competing websites
• Commercial use
• Posting to websites that charge to view the video

See the details below for complete details

• In the video description please include all authors names and institutions as well as their email addresses in the additional authors field.
• Videos submitted are ideally less than three minutes in length, but not more than five minutes in length.
• Surgeries should be submitted under all related specialties and sub-specialties.
• The accompanying abstract needs to be in the English language, well written, grammatically correct, and accurately reflect the video content and purpose.
• Be sure to obtain and keep on file the signed Informed Consent document (these should not be submitted to CSurgeries, but must always be available upon request).
• The video should not exceed 500 MB and in the MP4 format .
• Spliced video segments, labeling, audio voice-overs, and transitions are required for viewer clarity.
• The final video product should be a clear representation of the proposed surgery.
• The video and all fields should be understandable by both medical and non-medical viewers as much as is possible.