BOFAS 2023 Video Recap BOFAS 2023 Video Recap Now Live for Members who attended the conference 19 May 2023 If you are a BOFAS member who attended the 2023 annual congress, you can now access the full video recap of the conference here. Read more
BOFAS 2024 - Belfast BOFAS 2024 - Belfast 6th to 8th March 2024 15 March 2023 BOFAS 2024 will be held in Belfast from 6th to 8th of March Read more
Website Updates Website Updates Research Grants and Email Patient Info Leaflets 31 March 2022 The research grants page has been updated and a list of previous grants can now be viewed. Patient information pages now have a link so that the page link can be shared with patients via email. 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) - 410 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) - 695 download(s) Read more
Togay Koç / 26 May 2022 / Categories: Abstracts, 2022, Poster Clinical outcomes following surgical management of insertional Achilles tendinopathy using a double row suture bridge technique with mean two year follow up T.L Lewis, T. Srirangarajan, A. Patel, G.CK Yip, L. Hussain, R. Walker, S. Singh, A. Latif, A. Abbasian Background: The clinical outcomes following surgical management of insertional achilles tendinopathy (IAT) vary depending on the surgical technique used to reattach the achilles tendon following debridement. The aim of this study was to investigate the clinical outcomes of patients with IAT who underwent surgical management with a double row suture bridge technique used to reattach the achilles tendon. Methods: A retrospective review of consecutive patients diagnosed with IAT, who underwent surgical management utilising a double row suture bridge technique (Arthex Speedbridge) and a minimum of 3-month follow up were included. The primary outcome was the Manchester- Oxford Foot Questionnaire (MOXFQ) Index score which is a patient reported outcome measure (PROM). Secondary outcomes included EuroQol EQ-5D-5L health-related quality of life PROM and complication rates. Results: Between July 2013 and June 2020, 50 consecutive patients (23 male; 27 female) were included. The mean age (± standard deviation) was 52.3±11.3 (range 29.0-84.3). Pre- and post-operative PROM data was available for all cases. The mean follow up was 2.4±1.9 years. The MOXFQ Index score improved from 48.5 to 12.4 (p<0.01), EQ-5D-5L improved from 2.7±0.46 to 1.2±0.37 (p<0.01), and EQ-VAS improved from 48.0±18.4 to 84.1±12.6 (p<0.01). 6 patients had complications, of which 4 were of minimal clinical relevance and caused no deviation from routine recovery. There were no cases of tendon rupture. Conclusion: This study has demonstrated that surgical management of IAT is safe and effective with clinical improvement in both clinical and general health-related quality of life outcome PROMs. Print 598 Tags: Achilles Documents to download P3 IAT dbl row suture bridge(.pdf, 5.52 MB) - 1193 download(s)