BOFAS News & Events

This pages lists all the latest news and upcoming events.

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Latest News

BOFAS VTE Position Statement

Updated Statement June 2025

20 July 2025

Click here to access the newly updated BOFAS Position Statement for VTE Prophylaxis

Registration Open for BOFAS 2025 (Nov)

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25 June 2025

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

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BOFAS Hosted Events

Courses organised by BOFAS

10Feb2026

BOFAS Principles Course Liverpool 2026 - space available

10/02/2026 - 11/02/2026

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 now.

BOFAS Affiliated Courses

Courses by organisations with an affiliation to BOFAS

Other External Events / Courses

Independant courses organised by other organisations not directly affiliated with BOFAS, but which BOFAS members may find of value.

18Apr2024

Minimally invasive surgery versus conservative treatment for displaced intra-articular calcaneal fractures: A prospective propensity score matched cohort study with 2 year follow up

18 April 2024

Minimally invasive surgery versus conservative treatment for displaced intra-articular calcaneal fractures: A prospective propensity score matched cohort study with 2 year follow up $Minimally invasive surgery versus conservative treatment for displaced intra-articular calcaneal fractures: A prospective propensity score matched cohort study with 2 year follow up$

¹King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Trauma and Orthopaedics, London, United Kingdom

Documents to download

FP1---LEWIS-Tom-Lewis(.pdf, 528.14 KB) - 693 download(s)

18Apr2024

The Fracture Ankle Implant Review (FAIR) Study: A national multicentre retrospective review of implants, fixation methods and outcomes in fibula fixation in ankle fractures

18 April 2024

The Fracture Ankle Implant Review (FAIR) Study: A national multicentre retrospective review of implants, fixation methods and outcomes in fibula fixation in ankle fractures $The Fracture Ankle Implant Review (FAIR) Study: A national multicentre retrospective review of implants, fixation methods and outcomes in fibula fixation in ankle fractures$

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

²University of York, York, United Kingdom

³Newcastle-Upon-Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Trauma and Orthopaedics, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, United Kingdom

⁴Fracture Ankle Implant Review (FAIR) Collaborative, United Kingdom

⁵Collaborative Orthopaedic Research Network (CORNET), North East, United Kingdom

⁶South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Trauma and Orthopaedics, Middlesborough, United Kingdom

Winner of the BOFAS 2024 Second Trainee Prize (Podium)

Documents to download

FP2-FISHLEY-William-Fishley(.pdf, 282.33 KB) - 853 download(s)

18Apr2024

Deltoid ligament reconstruction in ankle fractures – does it prevent pes planus?

18 April 2024

Deltoid ligament reconstruction in ankle fractures – does it prevent pes planus? $Deltoid ligament reconstruction in ankle fractures – does it prevent pes planus?$

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

²University of Liverpool, Institute of Health and Ageing, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Documents to download

FP3-Gomaa-Abdul-Rahman-Gomaa(.pdf, 248.91 KB) - 830 download(s)

18Apr2024

Medial Malleolus: Operative Or Non-operative (MOON): A randomised clinical trial of operative versus non-operative management of associated medial malleolus fractures in unstable ankle fractures

18 April 2024

Medial Malleolus: Operative Or Non-operative (MOON): A randomised clinical trial of operative versus non-operative management of associated medial malleolus fractures in unstable ankle fractures $Medial Malleolus: Operative Or Non-operative (MOON): A randomised clinical trial of operative versus non-operative management of associated medial malleolus fractures in unstable ankle fractures$

¹Edinburgh Orthopaedic Trauma, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

²Edinburgh Clinical Research Facility, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

³University of Edinburgh, Centre for Population Health Sciences, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Winner of the BOFAS 2024 Third Trainee Prize (Podium)

Documents to download

FP4-HEINZ-Nicholas-Heinz(.pdf, 690.26 KB) - 952 download(s)

19Apr2024

Evaluating the utility of plain radiograph and computerised tomography scanning in identifying concomitant foot fractures in patients with unstable Lisfranc injuries

19 April 2024

Evaluating the utility of plain radiograph and computerised tomography scanning in identifying concomitant foot fractures in patients with unstable Lisfranc injuries $Evaluating the utility of plain radiograph and computerised tomography scanning in identifying concomitant foot fractures in patients with unstable Lisfranc injuries$

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

²Aneurin Bevan Universisty NHS Trust, Newport, United Kingdom

³University of Liverpool, Institute of Health and Ageing, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Documents to download

FP5-Caldwell-FP5-Wednesday-Robyn-Caldwell(.pdf, 319.41 KB) - 672 download(s)

19Apr2024

Surgical management of complex ankle fractures in patients with diabetes: a national retrospective multicentre study

19 April 2024

Surgical management of complex ankle fractures in patients with diabetes: a national retrospective multicentre study $Surgical management of complex ankle fractures in patients with diabetes: a national retrospective multicentre study$

¹King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Trauma and Orthopaedics, London, United Kingdom

Documents to download

FP6---LEWIS-Tom-Lewis(.pdf, 520.38 KB) - 608 download(s)

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