BOFAS VTE Position Statement BOFAS VTE Position Statement Updated Statement June 2025 20 July 2025 Click here to access the newly updated BOFAS Position Statement for VTE Prophylaxis Read more
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New Speciality Standards New Speciality Standards Management of End Stage Ankle Arthritis 05 April 2025 Click here to access the latest BOFAS-BOA Standards for management of End Stage Ankle Arthritis Read more
2Oct2025 BOFAS Principles Course - Dubai 02/10/2025 - 04/10/2025 Read more The aim is to give Overseas Trainee Orthopaedic Surgeons a solid grounding in the principles and the decision making in Foot & Ankle Surgery. There is an emphasis on clinical examination of cases, small group discussions and learning surgical approaches in the cadaver lab. This is the first course BOFAS is running in UAE and the aim is to expand the Foot and Ankle education and training in the Middle East and Gulf area. Venue - Le Meridien, Dubai, United Arab Emirates Documents to download ACv3BOFAS-Principles-Course-Programme-DXB(.pdf, 2.13 MB) - 474 download(s) Read more
20Oct2025 BOFAS Principles Course Taunton 20/10/2025 - 21/10/2025 Read more These courses are aimed at Higher Surgical Trainees / ST3 onwards and are designed to teach the core of Foot and Ankle surgery in an informal and interactive environment. The emphasis is on clinical examination cases, discussion groups and typical day-to-day clinic scenarios. Although not an exam preparation course, content is taught to the standard expected in the FRCS(Tr & Orth) exam; that of a day-one non-specialist orthopaedic consultant. Applications will open on 1st September 2023. Venue - Taunton (TBC) Documents to download BOFAS-Course-Programme--Taunton-2025(.docx, 31.88 KB) - 740 download(s) Read more
Togay Koç / 05 June 2023 / Categories: Abstracts, 2023, Poster Ankle fusion and ankle replacement - variations in surgical practice across England T. Jennison, R. Zaidi, A. Goldberg, D. Townshend Introduction: The definitive surgical treatment of end stage ankle arthritis is either an ankle fusion (AF) or total ankle replacement (TAR). It is anticipated that patients’ exposure to treatments differs depending on their post code and access to services. The aim of this study was to determine the variation in practice for the surgical treatment of ankle arthritis across England. Methods: A retrospective cohort study was performed by searching hospitals episodes statistics (HES) from NHS Digital for all admissions in England between 1st April 2017 and 31st September 2022. OPCS-4.9 codes were used to determine the surgical procedure performed. Basic statistical analysis was undertaken. Results: Overall 12,801 patients underwent surgery for end stage ankle arthritis. Of these there were 9013 (70.4%) AF and 3,788 (29.6%) TAR. Of the 9013 AF, 7034 (77.8%) were isolated AF and 1979 (15.5%) were combined with fusion of additional hindfoot joints. There was a significant variation in the proportion of AF and TAR with the ratio of AF:TAR varying more than two-fold. The number of patients that underwent surgery was 19.2% lower in 2022 compared to 2017 (2242 v 2774). Expressed as a percentage of total volume of cases, the proportion of TAR performed for end stage arthritis was significantly higher in 2022 than in 2017 (31.0% v 26.3%, p<0.001). Conclusion: Patients with end-stage ankle arthritis are twice as likely to have an AF over a TAR. Numbers of TAR were increasing year on year but fell during Covid. Despite return to normality, the number of surgeries in 2022 have still not caught up with pre-Covid numbers. The proportion of TAR of total surgeries is increasing. Large variations in surgical practice were found based on geographical location. This data should be useful in the development of foot and ankle services nationally. Print 484 Tags: AnkleArthrodesisTAR Documents to download Ankle fusion and ankle replacement - variations in surgical practice across England(.pdf, 1.05 MB) - 813 download(s)