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 / 30 May 2022 / Categories: Abstracts, 2022, Poster Patient reported anxiety and depression following hallux valgus surgery: a comparative cohort study of two year clinical outcomes T. Lewis, R. Ray, D.J Gordon Introduction: The role and impact of pre-operative mental health, anxiety and depression on the clinical outcome of hallux valgus surgery is poorly understood with limited literature available despite the high prevalence of anxiety, depression and musculoskeletal pathology in the general population. Methods: A prospective comparative observational study of consecutive patients who underwent third-generation minimally invasive hallux valgus deformity correction. Patients who reported anxiety or depression on a pre-operative EQ-5D-5L questionnaire were allocated to the anxiety/depression cohort (A/D) whilst patients who reported no anxiety or depressive symptoms were allocated to a control cohort. The primary outcome measure was the Manchester Oxford Foot Questionnaire (MOXFQ). Secondary outcome measures were the EQ-5D-5L, Visual Analogue Scale for Pain (VAS-Pain), and radiographic deformity correction. Patients were followed up for a minimum of two years. Results: Between July 2014 and July 2019, 265 feet (n=182 patients) underwent hallux valgus corrective surgery with 40 of these feet allocated to the A/D cohort. Patients in the A/D cohort had significantly worse pre-operative quality of life and MOXFQ scores compared to the control cohort. Both cohorts reported a statistically significant improvement in all MOXFQ domains two years following surgery (p<0.001). There was no difference between the two cohorts for any of the MOXFQ domains at 2 years followup. 80% of patients in the A/D cohort reported an improvement in their anxiety/depression symptoms following surgery. There was no difference between the cohorts for radiographic deformity correction or VAS-Pain. Patients with anxiety/depression had a worse quality of life compared to the control group at two years following surgery. Conclusion: This study has demonstrated that two years following surgery, patients with anxiety and/or depression symptoms have no difference in foot-related clinical outcomes compared to those without anxiety and/or depression symptoms despite having significantly worse symptoms pre-operatively. Print 639 Tags: Hallux ValgusOutcome Measures Documents to download P18 Hallux Valgus Anxiety and Depression(.pdf, 4.44 MB) - 927 download(s)