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) - 496 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) - 756 download(s) Read more
Togay Koç / 09 August 2022 / Categories: Abstracts, 2018, Poster Evaluating the weight bearing status of stable Weber B ankle fractures E. Iliopoulos, T. Voller, R. Freeman, N. Hossain Introduction: Stable Weber B ankle fractures are treated with a walking boot for six weeks with instructions to fully weight bear. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the amount of weight patients manage to apply through the boot during their treatment and the amount of support the boot provides to them. Materials and methods: All the adult patients treated with the above mentioned protocol between December 2017 and April 2018 were included to the study. Functional outcomes measured with the FADI and COST questionnaires and weight bearing radiographs were obtained at 2 and 6 weeks after the injury. The patients were asked to weight bear with and without the boot in order to measure the amount of weight going through the injured limb. Results: Data from a total of 77 follow up appointments were collected and analysed. Most of the patients were female (61%) and their mean age was 56.3 ±18 years (mean BMI 29 ±7). At the 6-weeks follow-up the functional scores reached almost normal values (72.1 ±15.8 for FADI and 50 ±17 for COST score). At the 2 weeks follow up, 73.5% of the patients were able to weight bear fully with and without the boot. Of the remaining 26.5%, 9.8% patients were able to put full weight through the boot only. The boot improved the weight bearing status of these patients significantly (p=0.05) by 23% of their body weight. All of the patients (100%) were able to weight bear fully with and without the boot at the 6-weeks follow-up. Conclusion: Conservative treatment for stable Weber B ankle fractures lead to good functional outcomes. For 73.5% of the patients at the early phases of their treatment the walking boot does not aid their weight bearing but for the remaining improves significantly the weight bearing status. Print 1086 Tags: AnkleFractureTraumaRehabilitation