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 / 05 June 2023 / Categories: Abstracts, 2023, Poster A guide for surgeons to orientate the ideal trans-syndesmotic fixation – a novel technique based on CT A. Patel, S. Merie, V. Kothari, A. Roche Introduction: Correctly orientating a syndesmotic screw can be challenging particularly for inexperienced surgeons. Failures can lead to longer term morbidity therefore there is a demand for reproducible techniques to guide surgeons. Techniques reliant on leg rotation can be disorientating. We propose a technique to orientate fixation using identifiable soft tissue landmarks independent of leg rotation. This study uses cross-sectional computed tomography (CT) to validate the technique. Methods: 40 CT scans of uninjured ankles were studied. Fixations were planned 15mm above the joint line to provide both stabilisation and ease of palpating tendon structures. Axial images were studied with entry points for the screw on the fibula extrapolated into the tibia – ideal screws bisect both tibia and fibula in the transverse plane. Entry points were measured from the lateral ridge of the fibula. Exit points were measured as both distance from the tibialis anterior tendon (D1) and tibialis posterior tendon (D2). Exit points were also calculated as a percentage of the distance from the tibialis anterior tendon to the tibialis posterior tendon using the formula (D1/(D1+D2))*100. Results: The ideal entry point was calculated as 0.11±0.72mm posterior to the lateral ridge. The mean distance between the ideal exit point and the tibialis anterior tendon was 24.9±4.2mm. The mean distance between the ideal exit point and the tibialis posterior tendon was 26.6±4.2mm. The mean ideal exit point was calculated as 48.3±4.8% of the distance from tibialis anterior to tibialis posterior. Discussion: This study shows via CT analysis that the ideal entry point for a syndesmosis screw is the lateral ridge of the fibula and the ideal exit point is 48.3±4.8% of the distance from the tibialis anterior tendon to the tibialis posterior tendon. This is an easily reproducible technique which is independent of leg orientation. Print 392 Tags: AnkleFractureTrauma Documents to download A guide for surgeons to orientate the ideal trans-syndesmotic fixation – a novel technique based on CT(.pdf, 296.04 KB) - 829 download(s)