BOFAS News & Events

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BOFAS Hosted Events

BOFAS Principles Course - Dubai

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

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BOFAS Principles Course Taunton

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)

 

 

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BOFAS Affiliated Courses

Other External Events / Courses

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

M. Sethi, R. Limaye, N. Gogi

Introduction: The osteochondral lesions of the talus are majorly traumatic and talus is commonly affected, as 60 % of it is covered by cartilage. There is limited potential to heal due to poor regenerative capacity and paucity of blood supply. This study aims to evaluate medium term functional outcome of AMIC procedure for osteochondral lesions of the talus and to correlate the relationship between the size of the lesion,age, functional outcomes and failures. The patients with displaced or partially displaced lesions were included along with those where conservative management failed.

Methods: It was a retrospective study from Jan 2015-March 2019. 25 patients were included from a single centre (Single surgeon), standing radiographs and MRI-pre and post operative were taken for all patients. During the procedure micro fracture was combined with application of Chondro-guide, a porcine collagen type I/III matrix & fibrin glue application Pre and post operative American Orthopedic Foot and Ankle Score (AOFAS) and Visual analogue (VAS) score were done for analysis and follow up- 3 months,6 months, 12 months.

Results: Mean age was 36 years and etiology was 23 traumatic, 2 non traumatic, mean follow up was 24months (95% CI-19.80-28.28), Mean size of the osteochondral lesion was 1,74 cm 2 Mean difference between preoperative and post operative AOFAS score was 49.40 (CI-53.21-45.59)(p1 cm 2 osteochondral lesions of talus is a one-step surgical technique with excellent to good results.

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