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) - 534 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 / 13 July 2022 / Categories: Abstracts, 2016, Poster Scarf osteotomy or Lapidus procedure in the treatment of severe Hallux valgus. Does the patient have a choice? H. Yakob, S. Sirikonda, C. Walker Background: There are a variety of accepted surgical techniques to treat severe Hallux Valgus. This study looked at separate case series between two surgeons preferring different techniques. The correction of hallux valgus angle (HVA), intermetatarsal angle (IMA) and scores of the validate Manchester-Oxford foot questionnaire (MOxFQ) were compared between the scarf osteotomy (Group A) and the Lapidus procedure (Group B). Methods: A retrospective cohort study was conducted between September 2013 and August 2015. Patients were identified through the hospital database who had a Scarf osteotomy (n=21) and Lapidus procedure (n=17). We defined severe HV as having HVA >40° and IMA >17°. Only patients meeting this criteria were included. In Group A the surgeon adopted a more extreme osteotomy by shifting the first metatarsal head by greater than the 50% of its width. In Group B the method of fixation was with a medially placed plate plus an additional compression screw. Post-operative radiological measurements were taken six weeks after surgery. MOxFQ scores were collected prior and at six months after surgery. Results: The mean correction for HVA in Groups A and B were 29.68° (25.94°-33.42°) and 29.78° (25.12°-34.43°) respectively. For IMA the values were 10.38° (8.63°-12.13°) and 11.25° (9.91°-12.59°). There was no significant difference in HVA (p=0.98,CI=-6.20-6.01) or IMA (p=0.46,CI=-3.24-1.49) correction between the groups. There was an overall improvement in MOxFQ scores six months after surgery for both groups and the difference between them was not significant (p=0.08). Conclusion: The post-operative correction of HVA and IMA was similar between the two surgical techniques. At six months after surgery both groups reported an improvement in symptoms based the MOxFQ scores which was no different between the two groups. Our study showed that performing a more extreme scarf osteotomy can produce similar results to the Lapidus procedure in correction of severe HV. Print 598 Tags: Hallux Valgus