BOFAS Membership Survey BOFAS Membership Survey Please Complete before 31st March! 11 March 2024 Have your say! First BOFAS Membership Survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/3CHVDYP 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) - 540 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) - 768 download(s) Read more
Togay Koç / 10 August 2022 / Categories: Abstracts, 2018, Poster Prolotherapy as a treatment choice for ATFL injuries in elite athletes: A case series D. Maor, J. Lee, A. Dunn, A. Williams, J. Calder1 Introduction: Anterior talofibular ligament (ATFL) complex injuries in professional football and rugby players are common and can cause significant time off sport at elite level competition. Prolotherapy is effective in treating refractory tendinopathies, but inadequate clinical evidence exists to recommend its use as a treatment for acute ankle sprains. Importantly there is no literature about its use in elite athletes and ankle injuries. Methods: Our series documents grade 2 or 3 ATFL tears in 10 professional elite level athletes who where injected with a solution of P2G (dextrose, glycerol and 1% phenol mixed with local anaesthetic) under ultrasound guidance and using aseptic technique weekly either twice or three times dependant on their symptoms and recovery. Results: All athletes in combination with prolotherapy and physiotherapy returned to elite level sport without any complications and with only one reinjury. Conclusions: These results show that in this elite athlete population prolotherapy can be safe and effective tool to treat ATFL injuries. Print 831 Tags: AnkleInstability