Abstract Submission

Delhi Retina Forum invites submission in 5 different Categories for Delhi Retina Meet 2025
The Categories are as follows:
  • Best Published Paper (Date of publication 1st May 2024- 30th April 25)
  • Challenging Medical Cases
  • Surgical Challenges
  • Prove Your Point
General Guidelines for abstract submission
    Last Date of Submission: 4th May 2025

  • Each Author can submit 2 abstracts for each category. Each submission can have up to 3 co-authors. If accepted, First Author has to present the submission and register for the meeting.
  • All submissions should be in English and should avoid using capitals and have to be submitted on line via DRM 2025 submission portal only. Click here to submit your abstract.
  • Avoid any branding or logos representing any company, Institute or Hospital on your presentation. Similarly, avoid using trade names of drugs or devices.
  • All images and videos should be devoid of any patient credentials or features that can disclose patient identity.
  • All authors and co-authors have to disclose financial interests for the presentation. If there is no financial interest, same should also be declared during submission.
  • Presentation should preferably have content that would be useful for practicing retinal surgeons or fellows. We discourage DRF members to submit any material that has already being presented in other international or national meetings.
Results of Abstract Submission
  • Authors of selected abstracts will receive a confirmation mail be June 15th 2025 following which they have to send/upload their full presentation including videos by 30th June 2025, failing which the submission will stand cancelled.
Guidelines for Challenging cases
Please send your abstract in following format
  • Title
  • Case history
  • Diagnostic/Management/Surgical Challenge
  • Your approach for addressing that challenge and the rationale behind it
  • 2 questions from panelists
Submit those cases for which you have sufficient documentation with good quality images and reasonably good follow up
Kindly, avoid discussing literature in your abstracts.
We will require complete case details before your case gets selected.

Maximum duration of presentation for each case will be a 5 minutes
Guidelines for Innovation
Please send your abstract in following format
  • Title of the innovation/unconventional technique
  • Brief description of the Innovation including "why was it needed?"
  • Major challenge anticipated
  • Advantage gained
The innovation submitted should be the one that author/s has used or tested himself/themselves clinically with adequate documentation.

Maximum duration of presentation will be 5 minutes
Best Video Contest
  • We invite 3-minute surgical videos for this contest.
  • These videos would be judged by reviewers for their learning, novelty and quality quotients.
  • First Author of selected top videos will get opportunity to present their video to elite panel of surgeons during DRM 2025.
  • Best surgical video will receive a special award during DRM 2025.
Guidelines for Video Submission
  • Unstructured abstract (limited to 500 words) should describe the background of case or surgical challenge faced by surgeon and the steps demonstrated in video including the key take home message.
  • Save your video in .wmv or .mpg or .mov or.mp4 formats.
  • Video size should be no larger than 500 MB with duration no longer than 3 minutes
  • Video should be focused on the key step or event that is worth sharing with our audience.
  • Video should be accompanied by narration and subtitles in English. Avoid using music, animations or clips from cinema.
  • Avoid using logos or other promotional material, however the covering thumbnail of video can have details of authors and institutions and practice locations
  • Avoid using patient identifying information in video and file names.
Best Research Paper
Most impactful Scientific Research paper (2024-25)
  • We invite authors to submit their published original articles for this contest.
  • The original article can be case series or a prospective or retrospective study published in a peer reviewed indexed journal during 2024-25
  • This can also be a new technique or new findings published in an Indexed Journal.
  • We would accept articles published in a journal indexed with any of following indices
    • Pubmed
    • Scopus.
    • Wos of Science (Clarivate): Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE) Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI) Arts & Humanities Citation Index (AHCI) ...
    • DOAJ.
  • First Author of selected top 5 articles will get opportunity to present their paper to elite panel of reviewers during DRM 2025.
  • Co-Author can also present the selected paper during DRM 2025
  • Best paper will receive a special award during DRM 2025.

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