BOFAS 2023 Prize Winners

 

Podium Prizes:

 

First Prize - Klenerman Prize for Basic Science Paper:

Shona Haston, Metal debris release may be under-recognised in total ankle replacement

 

First Prize - Chan Cheng Memorial Prize for Clinical Paper:

Karan Malhotra, Structural validation of the Manchester-Oxford Foot Questionnaire (MOxFQ) for use in foot and ankle surgery

 

Second Prize:

Joseph Alsousou, PATH-2 trial: platelet rich plasma for acute Achilles tendon rupture, two-year follow-up of the randomised, placebo-controlled, superiority trial

 

Third Prize:

Toby Jennison, Salvage ankle fusion after a failed primary ankle replacement - a data linkage study using the National Joint Registry and NHS Digital         

 

Fourth Prize:

Abdul-Rahman Gomaa, Effect of fibula shortening on medial clear space and lateral translation of the talus: an anatomical cadaveric study    

 

Fifth Prize:

Arun Somanathan, Long term follow up, re-operations and patient reported outcomes following revision surgery for failed total ankle replacements   

 


 

Poster Prizes:

 

First Prize:

Arjun Patel, A guide for surgeons to orientate the ideal trans-syndesmotic fixation – a novel technique based on CT
 

Second Prize:

Catherine Flood, Wasting everyone’s time – an observational study of current practice after injections
 

Third Prize:

Junaid Aamir, Tibialis posterior tendon entrapment in posterior malleolar and pilon injuries of the ankle: a retrospective analysis

 


 

 

Podium Presentations

 

Clinical outcomes of autologous osteochondral transplantation for osteochondral lesions of the talus: an age-based multivariable analysis

Categories: Abstracts, 2023, Podium

Clinical outcomes of autologous osteochondral transplantation for osteochondral lesions of the talus: an age-based multivariable analysis

M. Azam, C. Colasanti, J. Butler, M. Weiss, P. Brodeur, J. Kennedy

1NYU Langone Health, Orthopaedics, New York, United States

2Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, United States

Effect of fibula shortening on medial clear space and lateral translation of the talus: an anatomical cadaveric study

Categories: Abstracts, 2023, Podium

Effect of fibula shortening on medial clear space and lateral translation of the talus: an anatomical cadaveric study

A. Gomaa, N. Heeran, L. Roper, G. Airey, R. Gangadharan, L. Mason, A. Bond

1University of Liverpool, Human Anatomy and Resource Department, Liverpool, United Kingdom,

2Liverpool University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool Orthopaedic and Trauma Service, Liverpool, United Kingdom

3University of Liverpool, Institute of Life Course and Medical Sciences, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Winner of the BOFAS 2023 Fourth Prize (Podium)

HARnT-2 hindfoot nail or pro-tibial screw fixation for early mobilisation: multi-centre comparative study of utilisation & outcomes in complex ankle fractures

Incidence, demographics, characteristics and management of acute Achilles tendon rupture

Categories: Abstracts, 2023, Podium

Incidence, demographics, characteristics and management of acute Achilles tendon rupture

S. Briggs-Price, S. O’Neill, L. Houchen-Wolloff, G. Modha, E. Fitzpatrick, M. Faizi, J. Shepherd, J. Mangwani

1University of Leicester, School of Healthcare, Leicester, United Kingdom

2Centre for Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences, NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, Leicester, United Kingdom

3University Hospitals of Leicester, Emergency Care, Leicester, United Kingdom

4University Hospitals of Leicester, Orthopaedics, Leicester, United Kingdom

Is Internal Brace Augmentation (IBA) better than isolated Modified Brostrom Gould (MBG) repair for chronic lateral ligament injury: a retrospective analysis

Lateral column midfoot injury. Do they all need fixation?

Categories: Abstracts, 2023, Podium

Lateral column midfoot injury. Do they all need fixation?

G. Airey, J. Aamir, J. Chapman, H. Tanaka, M. Elbannan, A. Singh, J. Mangwani, H. Kyaw, L. Jeyaseelan, L. Mason

1Liverpool University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool Orthopaedic and Trauma Service, Liverpool, United Kingdom

2University of Liverpool, Institute of Life Course and Medical Sciences, Liverpool, United Kingdom

3Aneurin Bevan University Health Board, Newport, United Kingdom

4Leicester Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Leicester, United Kingdom

5 Barts Health NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom

Long term follow up, re-operations and patient reported outcomes following revision surgery for failed total ankle replacements

Categories: Abstracts, 2023, Podium

Long term follow up, re-operations and patient reported outcomes following revision surgery for failed total ankle replacements

A. Somanathan, B. Sharp, F. Saedi, C. Loizou, R. Brown, A. Kendal

1University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

2Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Oxford, United Kingdom

Winner of the BOFAS 2022 Fifth Prize (Podium)

Management of failed total ankle replacement and massive bone cysts using impaction bone grafting and the invision total ankle replacement system

Metal debris release may be under-recognised in total ankle replacement

Categories: Abstracts, 2023, Podium

Metal debris release may be under-recognised in total ankle replacement

S. Haston, D. Langton, D. Townshend, R. Bhalekar, T. Joyce

1Newcastle University, School of Engineering, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

2 ExplantLab, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

3Northumbria NHS Trust, North Shields, United Kingdom

Winner of the BOFAS 2023 Klenerman Prize for Best Basic Science Paper

Neglected and relapsed clubfoot in adults, the functional outcome of acute surgical correction

Categories: Abstracts, 2023, Podium

Neglected and relapsed clubfoot in adults, the functional outcome of acute surgical correction

S. Nogdallah, M. Fatooh, A. Khairy, H. Mohamed, A. Abdulrahman, H. Mohamed

1Alneelain University, Orthopaedics and Trauma, Khartoum, Sudan

2Bashaer University Hospital, Orthopaedics and Trauma, Khartoum, Sudan

Partial Achilles Tendon Tear – a figure of our IMAGination?

Categories: Abstracts, 2023, Podium

Partial Achilles Tendon Tear – a figure of our IMAGination?

P. Seyed-Safi, O. Naji, R. Faroug, A. Beer, A. Vijapur, U. Oduoza, K. Johal, S. Mordecai, R. Deol, K. Davda, N. Sivanadarajah, E. Ieong, B. Rudge

1Watford General Hospital, Watford, United Kingdom

2University College London Hospital, London, United Kingdom

3Imperial College NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom

4Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust, Reading, United Kingdom

5East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, Stevenage, United Kingdom

PATH-2 trial: platelet rich plasma for acute Achilles tendon rupture, two-year follow-up of the randomised, placebo-controlled, superiority trial

Categories: Abstracts, 2023, Podium

PATH-2 trial: platelet rich plasma for acute Achilles tendon rupture, two-year follow-up of the randomised, placebo-controlled, superiority trial

J. Alsousou, D. Keene, P. Harrison, H. O’connor, S. Wagland, S. Dutton, P. Hulley, S. Lamb, K. Willett

1Manchester University Hospitals NHS Trust, Manchester, United Kingdom

2University of Oxford, Kadoorie Research Centre, Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, Oxford, United Kingdom

3University of Birmingham, Institute of Inflammation and Ageing, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

4University of Oxford, Oxford Clinical Trials Research Unit, Centre for Statistics in Medicine, Oxford, United Kingdom

5University of Oxford, Botnar Research Centre, Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, Oxford, United Kingdom

6University of Exeter, College of Medicine and Health, University of Exeter, Exeter, United Kingdom

Winner of the BOFAS 2023 Second Prize (Podium)

Salvage ankle fusion after a failed primary ankle replacement - a data linkage study using the National Joint Registry and NHS Digital

Categories: Abstracts, 2023, Podium

Salvage ankle fusion after a failed primary ankle replacement - a data linkage study using the National Joint Registry and NHS Digital

T. Jennison, A. Goldberg, I. Sharpe

1Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust, Plymouth, United Kingdom

2Wellington Hospital, London, United Kingdom

3Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Trust, Exeter, United Kingdom

Winner of the BOFAS 2023 Third Prize (Podium)

Structural validation of the Manchester-Oxford Foot Questionnaire (MOxFQ) for use in foot and ankle surgery

Categories: Abstracts, 2023, Podium

Structural validation of the Manchester-Oxford Foot Questionnaire (MOxFQ) for use in foot and ankle surgery

R. Goodall, K. Borsky, C. Harrison, M. Welck, K. Malhotra, J. Rodrigues

1Imperial College London, Surgery and Cancer, London, United Kingdom

2Department of Plastic Surgery, Salisbury Foundation NHS Trust, UK, Salisbury, United Kingdom

3Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, UK, Oxford, United Kingdom

4The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, London, UK, London, United Kingdom

5Warwick Clinical Trials Unit, University of Warwick, UK, Warwick, United Kingdom

Winner of the BOFAS 2023 Chang Cheng Memorial Prize for Best Clinical Paper

Survival of revision ankle replacements after a failed primary ankle replacement: a data linkage study using the National Joint Registry and NHS Digital

The 10-year patient-reported and clinical outcomes of a series of 156 mobile-bearing total ankle replacements and the effects of patient age

The acute management of pilon fractures (ENFORCE) study: a trainee led national collaborative evaluation of practice

Posters

 

5th metatarsal fractures; who do we actually need to see? A single centre experience

Categories: Abstracts, 2023, Poster

5th metatarsal fractures; who do we actually need to see? A single centre experience

J. Chapman, Z. Choudhury, S. Gupta, G. Airey, T. Davies, L. Mason

1Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool Orthopaedic & Trauma Service, Liverpool, United Kingdom

2University of Liverpool, School of Medicine, Department of Health and Life Sciences, Liverpool, United Kingdom

A guide for surgeons to orientate the ideal trans-syndesmotic fixation – a novel technique based on CT

Categories: Abstracts, 2023, Poster

A guide for surgeons to orientate the ideal trans-syndesmotic fixation – a novel technique based on CT

A. Patel, S. Merie, V. Kothari, A. Roche

1Chelsea & Westminster Hospital, Trauma & Orthopaedics, London, United Kingdom

First Place BOFAS 2023 Best Poster Prize

A modular augmented arthroplasty system to manage larger bone defects in the ankle: a case series

Categories: Abstracts, 2023, Poster

A modular augmented arthroplasty system to manage larger bone defects in the ankle: a case series

R. Martin, M. Dean, R. Kakwani, A. Murty, I. Sharpe, D. Townshend

1Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, Trauma and Orthopaedics, Cramlington, United Kingdom

2Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, Princess Elizabeth Orthopaedic Centre, Exeter, United Kingdom

A retrospective comparison of single screw vs dual screw fixation of Medial Malleolus Fractures on rate of non-union and malreduction

Categories: Abstracts, 2023, Poster

A retrospective comparison of single screw vs dual screw fixation of Medial Malleolus Fractures on rate of non-union and malreduction

J. Aamir, R. Caldwell, S. Long, S. Sreenivasan, J. Mavrotas, A. Panesa, S. Jeevaresan, V. Lampridis, L. Mason

1Aintree University Hospital, Liverpool, United Kingdom

2University of Liverpool, Medical School, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Ankle fusion and ankle replacement - variations in surgical practice across England

Categories: Abstracts, 2023, Poster

Ankle fusion and ankle replacement - variations in surgical practice across England

T. Jennison, R. Zaidi, A. Goldberg, D. Townshend

1Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust, Plymouth, United Kingdom

2Kings College, London, United Kingdom

3Wellington Hospital, London, United Kingdom

4Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, North Shields, United Kingdom

COSMIC feasibility study - comparing open scarf osteotomy and minimally invasive chevron osteotomy for hallux valgus correction

Categories: Abstracts, 2023, Poster

COSMIC feasibility study - comparing open scarf osteotomy and minimally invasive chevron osteotomy for hallux valgus correction

A. Pujol Nicolas, M. Kakwani, A. Griffiths, N. Hutt, D. Townshend, A. Murty, R. Kakwani

1Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, North Shields, United Kingdom

2Gloucestershire Royal Hospital, Gloucester, United Kingdom

Does total ankle replacement help to improve physical activity in patients 2 year post-operatively? A pilot activity monitoring study

Is there improvement in plantar pressures patterns following total ankle replacement? – A prospective novel 1 year follow up study

Medium term results of open Autologous Matrix-Induced Chondrogenesis (AMIC) procedure in osteochondral lesions of the talus

Opposing flanks versus parallel flanks – the influence of headless screw design on compression and pull-out resistance

Categories: Abstracts, 2023, Poster

Opposing flanks versus parallel flanks – the influence of headless screw design on compression and pull-out resistance

R. Tan, A. Morillo, S. Taylor, A. Bernasconi, S. Patel, K. Malhotra

1University College London, Institute of Orthopaedics and Musculoskeletal Sciences, London, United Kingdom

2University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy

3Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, Foot & Ankle Unit, Stanmore, United Kingdom

Outcomes following extracorporeal shockwave therapy for the treatment of insertional and non-insertional Achilles tendinopathy at 2 year follow-up: a retrospective review

Outcomes from tibiotalocalcaneal nailing versus open reduction internal fixation for high-risk fragility ankle fractures: a single-centre matched retrospective cohort study

Readmissions and complications following total ankle replacements: a data linkage study using the National Joint Registry and NHS Digital

Categories: Abstracts, 2023, Poster

Readmissions and complications following total ankle replacements: a data linkage study using the National Joint Registry and NHS Digital

T. Jennison, O Ukoumunne, S Lamb, A Goldberg, I Sharpe

1Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust, Plymouth, United Kingdom

2Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Trust, Exeter, United Kingdom

3University of Exeter, Exeter, United Kingdom

4The Wellington Hospital, London, United Kingdom

Risk factors for failure of total ankle replacements: a data linkage study using the National Joint Registry and NHS Digital

Categories: Abstracts, 2023, Poster

Risk factors for failure of total ankle replacements: a data linkage study using the National Joint Registry and NHS Digital

T. Jennison, I. Sharpe, A. Goldberg

1Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust, Plymouth, United Kingdom

2Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Trust, Exeter, United Kingdom

3Wellington Hospital, London, United Kingdom

Rivaroxaban vs LMWH after elective foot and ankle surgery – audit and experience from a tertiary referral centre

Categories: Abstracts, 2023, Poster

Rivaroxaban vs LMWH after elective foot and ankle surgery – audit and experience from a tertiary referral centre

T.M. Mamballi, I. Hassan, S. Patel, N. Cullen, M. Welck, K. Malhotra

1Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, Foot and Ankle Unit, Stanmore, United Kingdom

Salvage of failed total ankle replacement using a custom 3D printed titanium truss cage: a case series and suggested treatment pathway

Categories: Abstracts, 2023, Poster

Salvage of failed total ankle replacement using a custom 3D printed titanium truss cage: a case series and suggested treatment pathway

T. Lewis, R. Walker, Y. Alkhalfan, A. Latif, A. Abbasian

1Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, Trauma and Orthopaedics, London, United Kingdom

2King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, King’s Foot and Ankle Unit, London, United Kingdom

The arterial risk posed by the posterolateral approach to the ankle. An anatomical cadaveric observational study

Categories: Abstracts, 2023, Poster

The arterial risk posed by the posterolateral approach to the ankle. An anatomical cadaveric observational study

N. Heeran, L. Roper, A. Gomaa, L. Mason, A. Bond

1University of Liverpool, Human Anatomy and Resource Department, Liverpool, United Kingdom

2Liverpool University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool Orthopaedic and Trauma Service, Liverpool, United Kingdom

3University of Liverpool, Institute of Life Course and Medical Sciences, Liverpool, United Kingdom