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) - 469 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) - 738 download(s) Read more
Togay Koç / 21 April 2024 / Categories: Abstracts, 2024, Poster Moderate and severe coronal plane deformity corrected with the Infinity ankle prosthesis H. Tribe, K. Pearce, H. Fraig, H. Taylor Selected ankle arthroplasty implants have been shown to be suitable for patients with end-stage ankle arthritis and significant coronal plane deformity. The outcomes using the Infinity prosthesis in this patient group are currently unknown. Our aim was to evaluate the outcomes of patients undergoing ankle arthroplasty using the Infinity prosthesis with a preoperative coronal plane deformity of 10-20 degrees (moderate) and 20 degrees or greater (severe). We identified patients who had undergone a primary ankle arthroplasty from 2014 to 2022. From the total of 103 patients, 25 patients had a moderate deformity (10-20 degrees) and four patients had a severe deformity (>20 degrees). Of these patients, 17 (59%) patients had a varus deformity and 12 (41%) had a valgus deformity. The mean age was 72 years. Mean length of follow-up was 34 (range 12-71) months. The mean preoperative coronal plane deformity was 15.84 (range 10.4 to 29.7) degrees. The mean immediate postoperative deformity was 1.8 (range 0.2 to 6.5) degrees. The mean deformity at final follow-up was 3.8 (range 0.3 to 12.5) degrees. The difference between preoperative deformity and final correction was statistically significant (p <0.0001). There was no significant difference between initial and final postoperative correction, nor between the moderate and severe groups. Overall, recurrence of coronal plane deformity occurred in 3 patients (10.3%). Manchester-Oxford Foot Questionnaire scores and visual analogue scale scores were recorded at final follow-up and the scores were equivalent to previously published data. Correction of the coronal plane deformity was achieved by using intraoperative softtissue balancing, including lateral ligament reconstruction in three patients. Tibial bone cysts were seen in two patients, leading to tibial tray subsidence in one patient. Stable correction of moderate and severe coronal plane deformity in end-stage ankle arthritis can be reliably achieved with the infinity prosthesis using only soft-tissue balancing procedures. Print 362 Tags: DeformityTAR Documents to download P18---Howard-Tribe-howard-tribe-howard-tribe(.pdf, 625.91 KB) - 559 download(s)