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) - 474 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) - 740 download(s) Read more
Togay Koç / 15 August 2022 / Categories: Abstracts, 2019, Poster The spring ligament meniscus: an anatomical study M.L.T. Jayatilaka, A. Bond, A. Fisher, M. Philpott, L.-A. Amber, L. Fisher, A. Molloy, L. Mason Introduction: An articular facet composed of fibrocartilage has previously been described in the superomedial spring ligament. Our aim in this study was to analyse this fibrocartilage structure, assessing its association with the other aspects of the acetabular pedis. Methods: We examined 14 cadaveric lower limbs that had been preserved for dissection at the Human Anatomy and Resource Centre at Liverpool University in a solution of formaldehyde. The spring ligament was approached from the superior direction. The talus was disarticulated and high-resolution images were taken of the acetabular pedis. ImageJ software was used to calculate the surface area of the spring ligament articular facet (SLAF). Results: Dissection was performed on 14 specimens, 4 left and 10 right. All specimens were morphologically normal with no evidence of previous surgical intervention. The mean area of the SLAF was140.79mm2 (95% Confidence intervals 125.31, 156.27), equivalent to the size of the medial facet of the calcaneum. The SLAF was attached anteriorly to the navicular and posteriorly to the sustentaculum, orientated to not only bear weight in stance phase with the load of the talar head but also in propulsive phase, bearing weight between the navicular and the sustentaculum tali when the foot was in inversion. The SLAF was composed of fibrocartilage with a smooth superior articular surface. Conclusion: The SLAF is an important weight bearing structure in all phases of gait. More work needs to be done in its role in the biomechanics of the foot and the options for reconstruction in pes planus deformity. Print 536 Tags: AnatomyFlat Foot