Articles typing
1. Two exemplars (samples) of the articles are sended, typing at two rows, with 3-4 cm borders and 31 rows on page. The exemplars will be revisited including bibliography. The use of an electric typewriter machine or a printer is recommended.

2. Recommended dimension of the articles is:

8-10 pages for an original article (clinical studies, surgical treatment)

3-5 pages for case-reports

1-2 pages for: book references, reviews of certain periodicals, reports concerning the work of different society or scientific acts.

3. Summary data concerning articles typing
According the international standard the original articles should be mandatory divided in:

Romanian abstract

English abstract

Introduction

Material and method

Results

Discussions

Bibliography

Tables (each table with afferent title, if is necessary with footnotes should be type on a distinct page)

The labels of the illustrations should be type on a distinct page

Illustrations (figures, pictures)

Each part of the article should start on a distinct page in following succession: title page, abstract, text (according with the division from above), acknowledgements, bibliography, tables, the illustrations labels, illustrations (figures, pictures).

4. Preparation of the manuscript
4.1. The title page should receive: the article title, which must be shortly and conformable with work content, the first names initials and authors names, no others shortenings, the name(s) of the provenance institution(s) of the study, name and address of the correspondent author.
4.2. The Romanian abstract should have 10-15 rows (150-200 words). It must include the purpose of the study, the method (clinical or experimental study, metanalysis), the main results and conclusions. Should be underlined the new perspectives of the study.
4.3. English abstract, achieved by translating of the Romanian abstract, should be sent on a distinct page, together with the title and the authors.
4.4.  The article text should be divided according with the chapter 3. To the larger texts an additional division may be needed to more comprehensible presentation of the content.

Introduction – witch show explicitly why certain subject aroused the authors attention (the reasons to accomplish the study) and concise expound the actual stage of the question; in this section should be quoted just minimum of bibliographic references, without an exhaustive presentation of the literature.

Acknowledgements – just in case, should be mentioned the persons that contributed

Material and method – should be clearly described the recruitment criterions of the patients into the study, pursued clinical data, number of observations (for the clinical studies) or entire description of the animals lots (for experimental studies). Should be noted also the statistic methods and specials laboratory measurements, with bibliographic references.

Results – should be included in logical order of the tables, figures, pictures. Should not be repeated in the text the information's content of the tables or figures.

Discussions – it must include the comparison of personal results with similar data of literature. Should be underlined the new perspectives revealed by the study and must be commented them implications and the study limits. Should not be repeated the data that was shown to the “Results” section. It is recommended to avoid the assertions that can not be supported with bibliographic references or with the study results.

Acknowledgements – should be noticed, just in case, the persons that contributed to the study.

5. Bibliography
Bibliographic references, Romanian or foreign, should be numbered in the appearance order (first appearance). The reference quoting to the text should be performed with Arabian numbers between round brackets. All sources included in “Bibliography” are mandatory to be quoted in the text and should not occur in the text references that appear not in the “Bibliography”. The journals titles should be abbreviated accordingly with international style (see Index Medicus). The information's emanated from yet unpublished, but admitted for publishing sources may be quoted. Several directives should be appeared into the Bibliographies with “under printing” mention. If the article is not yet accepted, the mention should be “unpublished observations”. Should be quoted only the references that were consulted by the authors of the article. See below several examples of accurate citation:
Journal article
1. CHARI , R., TYLER , D., ANSCHER, M., RUSSELL, L., CLARY, B., HATHORN, J., SEIGLER, H., - Preoperative radiation and chemotherapy in the treatment of adenocarcinoma of the rectum. Ann. Surg., 1995. 221:278 – 878.
Monograph
6. DONEGAN, W., SPRATT, J. – Cancer of the breast. Forth Edition. Ed. Saunders ( New York ), 1995
Textbook Chapter
4. BROOKE, B. – The development of surgical treatment for ulcerative colitis. In “Surgery of inflammatory bowel disorders”. Under editorship of Lee E., Ed. Churchill Livingstone ( London ) 1987, pages 23-32.

Tables
The citation should appear in the order of entry into the text. Each of them must be placed on a distinct page.

Illustrations (pictures, figures)
May be published only very good quality grey scale photos, not bigger of 9x12 cm. Figures (drawings, drafts) should be professionally drawn and photographed. Each figure should have a label pasted on its back indicating the number of the figure, author's name, and top of the figure (pointed with an arrow). Figures should be numbered consecutively according to the order in which they have been first cited in the text. The authors should point in the text the place where the illustrations should be located.

Legends for illustrations
It should be typed using double-spacing throughout. It is recommended to report all measurements in internationals units and in SI.
Should be used only international accepted abbreviations.

Order of the articles appearance into review is established by: arriving date to the editorship, editorial needs and respecting of the above references. May happened priority in case of several articles with very actual subjects, requested by editorship or with particular interest.

Prof. Dr. Irinel Popescu, Clinica Chirurgie Generală, Spitalul Clinic - Fundeni, Sos. Fundeni 258, Sect. 2, 022328, Bucuresti, telefon (01) 240.32.4, email irinel.popescu@icfundeni.ro.