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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Syndesmotic arthrodesis for chronic inferior tibiofibular joint instability

M. Rafferty, S.S. Al-Nammari, G. Sleat, C. Clark, R. Dega

Introduction: Failure to adequately treat an injury of the syndesmosis leads to poor functional outcomes and posttraumatic arthritis. Many techniques have been proposed to salvage chronic instability. We report on the largest series of chronic syndesmotic injuries to be managed by syndesmotic arthrodesis from Europe to date.

Aim: To determine the radiographic and clinical outcomes for this technique at our institute.

Methods: Patients were followed-up prospectively. Relevant radiological and clinical data were obtained from electronic and case note review. The AOFAS score was utilised.

Results: A total of 6 patients were found. The average age was 33 years and the mean length of follow-up was 20 months. Arthrodesis was radiologically successful in all cases. Mean pre-operative and post-operative AOFAS scores were 70 and 82 respectively. All patients had some persistent ankle pain. One third had radiological progression of ankle osteoarthritis. Complications consisted of one patient with scar sensitivity.

Conclusions: This technique has a role in the salvage of chronic ankle syndesmotic instability. However patients must be counselled to the likelihood of ongoing symptoms.

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