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) - 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