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 Outcomes following extracorporeal shockwave therapy for the treatment of insertional and non-insertional Achilles tendinopathy at 2 year follow-up: a retrospective review J. Butler, D. Zheng, B. DeClouette, C. Walls, G. Jejelava, M. Azam, J. Kennedy Introduction: The purpose of this retrospective clinical study was to evaluate outcomes following extracorporeal shockwave therapy (ESWT) for the treatment of Achilles tendinopathy. Methods: This retrospective cohort study included clinical data from 95 patients who underwent ESWT for insertional (IAT) or non-insertional (NAT) Achilles tendinopathy between 3/3/2017 to 2/8/2022 with a minimum of 1 year follow-up. Data regarding patient demographics, subjective clinical outcomes, radiographic outcomes, treatment characteristics, complications and failures were recorded. Failure was defined as no improvement in VISA-A nor VAS scores and/ or surgical intervention. Subgroup analysis was conducted to identify predictors of poor outcomes. Paired student’s t-tests and Welch’s t-tests were calculated. Regression analysis was carried out to identify predictors of poor outcomes. Results: In total, 95 patients (109 ankles) with a mean age of 54.1 ± 14.0 years underwent ESWT for Achilles tendinopathy at a mean follow-up of 25.7 ± 15.0 months. Thirty-nine patients were in the NAT cohort and 56 patients were in the IAT cohort. Both NAT and IAT cohorts had a similar improvement in VISA-A score (p=0.365), VAS scores (p=0.65) and demonstrated a similar return to play time (p=0.34). There was a higher failure rate in the IAT cohort (51.8%) than the NAT cohort (23.1%). Patients who received platelet-rich plasma (PRP) had a higher failure rate (71.4%) than those who did not receive PRP (19.6%). Regression models found that treatment with PRP, MRI severity and female sex were associated with worse outcomes. Conclusion: This retrospective study demonstrated a high failure rate at short-term follow-up in patients who underwent ESWT for insertional Achilles tendinopathy. Predictors of poor outcomes included treatment with PRP, MRI severity and female sex. Further studies with larger patient cohorts and longer follow-up are necessary to determine the role of ESWT in the treatment of Achilles tendinopathy. Print 364 Tags: AchillesTendinopathy Documents to download Outcomes following extracorporeal shockwave therapy for the treatment of insertional and non-insertional Achilles tendinopathy at 2 year follow-up: a retrospective review(.pdf, 617.83 KB) - 718 download(s)