BOFAS Surveys Results BOFAS Surveys Results Now Live 24 March 2022 The results of BOFAS surveys to the membership which have been published / presented can now be viewed here. Read more
BOFAS 2022 Recap BOFAS 2022 Recap BOFAS 2022 is over, but you can catch up here! 19 March 2022 Read more
EFAS Lyon 2021 - Hybrid Annual Meeting EFAS Lyon 2021 - Hybrid Annual Meeting October 21-22-23 - Combined Face to Face and Virtual Meeting 01 October 2021 The EFAS Congress Lyon 2021 will be the first hybrid congress from the European Foot and Ankle Society. EFAS hopes BOFAS members and others will join them in person for 3 amazing days of congress, to meet each other and exchange ideas, but in the current climate going abroad might still be difficult. EFAS would therefore like to extend the opportunity for all to be part of the congress by going HYBRID for the first time. 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) - 453 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) - 731 download(s) Read more
Togay Koç / 23 June 2022 / Categories: Abstracts, 2013, Podium The role of non-operative management in the treatment of the Jones fracture: a six-year series A.C. Keenan, A.M. Wood, R.M. Boyle, F.C. Doogan, C. Court-Brown Introduction: The orthopaedic literature appears to highlight the Jones fracture of the fifth metatarsal, as being slow to heal, and having a high incidence of non-union. The authors present the largest case series currently published of 117 patients who sustained a Jones fracture, demonstrating patient outcomes with conservative treatment. Methods: A computer program was use to search the Emergency department database of the Edinburgh Royal infirmary notes data base for terms 5th metatarsal combined with a coding for referral to fracture clinic over a 6 years period from 2004-2010. The researchers went through the X-ray archive, identified and classified all 5th metatarsal fractures. Results: There were 117 patients in our series, Average time to discharge 13 weeks (4-24). 19% of patients took longer than 18 weeks for their fracture to clinically heal. At six weeks 34% were clinically healed, 59% at 12 weeks and 81% at 18 weeks. A refracture rate 6/117 5.1% was seen. A similar number of patients were managed in cast (44/ 38%) and Moonboot (50/ 43%). Those treated with a Moonboot heal significantly faster that those treated in cast (p=0.0027). Conclusion: A large proportion of Jones fractures have delayed healing, patients who are clinically asymptomatic may not have radiological healing. Print 626 Tags: FractureTrauma5th Metatarsal