Lectures of Distinction - Series 2 Lectures of Distinction - Series 2 The second season of BOFAS LoD is starting September 2021 01 September 2021 The second series of BOFAS Lectures of Distinction is starting September 2021. The first lecture is on Principles of Ankle Fractures and will be held on Monday the 6th of September. Click here for more details and to register. Read more
Annual Meeting 2021 - Recap Annual Meeting 2021 - Recap The 2021 Annual Meeting is over, but click here if you missed it! 12 March 2021 We hope you enjoyed the 2021 Virtual Annual meeting, but if you could not make it, it's available for members free of charge! Follow the link to view the programme and recordings. Read more
New Website New Website We have a brand new look 01 February 2021 BOFAS are pleased to announce our new website! 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) - 410 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) - 695 download(s) Read more
Togay Koç / 26 May 2022 / Categories: Abstracts, 2022, Poster Clinical outcomes following surgical management of insertional Achilles tendinopathy using a double row suture bridge technique with mean two year follow up T.L Lewis, T. Srirangarajan, A. Patel, G.CK Yip, L. Hussain, R. Walker, S. Singh, A. Latif, A. Abbasian Background: The clinical outcomes following surgical management of insertional achilles tendinopathy (IAT) vary depending on the surgical technique used to reattach the achilles tendon following debridement. The aim of this study was to investigate the clinical outcomes of patients with IAT who underwent surgical management with a double row suture bridge technique used to reattach the achilles tendon. Methods: A retrospective review of consecutive patients diagnosed with IAT, who underwent surgical management utilising a double row suture bridge technique (Arthex Speedbridge) and a minimum of 3-month follow up were included. The primary outcome was the Manchester- Oxford Foot Questionnaire (MOXFQ) Index score which is a patient reported outcome measure (PROM). Secondary outcomes included EuroQol EQ-5D-5L health-related quality of life PROM and complication rates. Results: Between July 2013 and June 2020, 50 consecutive patients (23 male; 27 female) were included. The mean age (± standard deviation) was 52.3±11.3 (range 29.0-84.3). Pre- and post-operative PROM data was available for all cases. The mean follow up was 2.4±1.9 years. The MOXFQ Index score improved from 48.5 to 12.4 (p<0.01), EQ-5D-5L improved from 2.7±0.46 to 1.2±0.37 (p<0.01), and EQ-VAS improved from 48.0±18.4 to 84.1±12.6 (p<0.01). 6 patients had complications, of which 4 were of minimal clinical relevance and caused no deviation from routine recovery. There were no cases of tendon rupture. Conclusion: This study has demonstrated that surgical management of IAT is safe and effective with clinical improvement in both clinical and general health-related quality of life outcome PROMs. Print 598 Tags: Achilles Documents to download P3 IAT dbl row suture bridge(.pdf, 5.52 MB) - 1193 download(s)