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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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 / 06 June 2023 / Categories: Abstracts, 2023, Podium Survival of revision ankle replacements after a failed primary ankle replacement: a data linkage study using the National Joint Registry and NHS Digital T. Jennison, I. Sharpe, A. Goldberg Introduction: The number of revision ankle replacements is increasing. There are limited numbers of publications on survivorship. The primary objective was to analyse the survival of revision ankle replacements using a large dataset from the National Joint Registry. Secondary aims were to summarise patient demographics, indications, further operations and predictors of survival. Methods: A data linkage study combined National Joint Registry (NJR) Data and NHS Digital data. The primary outcome of failure is defined as a revision fusion procedure, conversion to ankle replacement or amputation. Life tables and Kaplan Meier survival charts were used to illustrate survivorship. Cox proportional hazards regression models were fitted to compare failure rates. Results: 228 patients underwent revision ankle replacement. The mean follow-up was 2.6 years The mean time from primary to revision was 2.3 years. 77.2% were for aseptic causes. 56.6% of implants were the Inbone ankle replacement. 29 (12.7%) failed. 9 underwent a further revision, 19 conversion to fusion and 1 The 1-year survivorship was 95.4% (95% CI 91.6% to 97.5%), 3-year survivorship in 124 was 87.7% (95% CI 81.9% to 91.7%), and the 5-year survivorship in 57 was 77.5% (95% CI 66.9%-85.0%). Revision specific implants has better survivorship than primary implants used for revisions. In total 50 (21.9%) patients had further surgery of which 19 (8.3%) underwent re-operations in the first 12 months. Cox regression models were undertaken. In crude analysis the only significant risk factors for failure were the use of cement (HR 3.02, 95% CI 0.65-1.25) and time since primary ankle replacement (HR 0.67, 95% CI 0.47-0.97). In multivariable Cox regression modelling no risk factors for failure were identified. Conclusion: Revision ankle replacements have good medium term survivorship and low rates of further surgery. New modular revision implants appear to have improved survivorship compared to traditional ankle replacement implants. Print 368 Tags: SalvageTAR Documents to download Survival of revision ankle replacements after a failed primary ankle replacement: a data linkage study using the National Joint Registry and NHS Digital(.pdf, 231.83 KB) - 732 download(s)