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) - 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