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) - 469 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) - 738 download(s) Read more
Togay Koç / 20 April 2024 / Categories: Abstracts, 2024, Poster Long-term follow up of TAR in patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis J.G. Kimani, C. Loizou, R. Brown, B. Sharp, A. Kendal Background: Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is a chronic immune-mediated arthropathy characterised by its earlyonset and multi-joint involvement. Ankle arthritis secondary to JIA is functionally debilitating. In those patients with end-stage disease, the surgical options include ankle arthroplasty or fusion. Total ankle replacement (TAR) has the perceived advantage of maintaining ankle-hindfoot movement in a patient group with widespread joint involvement. Methods: We performed a single centre study of all patients with JIA receiving a TAR since 2000. The primary outcome measure was revision surgery. Secondary outcome measures included radiographic evidence of failure and PROMS. Result: 26 TAR (12 Mobility and 14 STAR) were performed in 17 patients with JIA (mean age 40.4 years; range 21-63). There was radiographic evidence of failure in 50% of TAR. Typically TAR failed with total talar collapse. 31% of TAR were surgically revised to fusion in all but one case. The 10 and 15 year survival rates were 70% and 30%, respectively. Radiographic failure was associated with a raised MOXFQ score (median = 43) compared to patients with normal TAR radiographs (median = 33.5) and those that underwent revision (median = 35.5). Despite 77% of TAR for JIA remaining painful, 86% reported an improvement in pain post-TAR and 71% would recommend the operation to a friend/family member with the same condition. In a global assessment of joints, 48% rated it as “one of their better joints”. Conclusion: TAR in the context of JIA is associated with high rates of radiographic failure (including talar collapse), high revision rates and poor MOXFQ scores. However, patient satisfaction from this treatment remains high in the context of their global joint disease. Print 364 Tags: TAR Documents to download P3-Kimani-Jesse-Kimani-Jesse-Kimani(.pdf, 274.11 KB) - 634 download(s)