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
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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) - 534 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) - 768 download(s) Read more
Togay Koç / 13 July 2022 / Categories: Abstracts, 2016, Poster Scarf osteotomy or Lapidus procedure in the treatment of severe Hallux valgus. Does the patient have a choice? H. Yakob, S. Sirikonda, C. Walker Background: There are a variety of accepted surgical techniques to treat severe Hallux Valgus. This study looked at separate case series between two surgeons preferring different techniques. The correction of hallux valgus angle (HVA), intermetatarsal angle (IMA) and scores of the validate Manchester-Oxford foot questionnaire (MOxFQ) were compared between the scarf osteotomy (Group A) and the Lapidus procedure (Group B). Methods: A retrospective cohort study was conducted between September 2013 and August 2015. Patients were identified through the hospital database who had a Scarf osteotomy (n=21) and Lapidus procedure (n=17). We defined severe HV as having HVA >40° and IMA >17°. Only patients meeting this criteria were included. In Group A the surgeon adopted a more extreme osteotomy by shifting the first metatarsal head by greater than the 50% of its width. In Group B the method of fixation was with a medially placed plate plus an additional compression screw. Post-operative radiological measurements were taken six weeks after surgery. MOxFQ scores were collected prior and at six months after surgery. Results: The mean correction for HVA in Groups A and B were 29.68° (25.94°-33.42°) and 29.78° (25.12°-34.43°) respectively. For IMA the values were 10.38° (8.63°-12.13°) and 11.25° (9.91°-12.59°). There was no significant difference in HVA (p=0.98,CI=-6.20-6.01) or IMA (p=0.46,CI=-3.24-1.49) correction between the groups. There was an overall improvement in MOxFQ scores six months after surgery for both groups and the difference between them was not significant (p=0.08). Conclusion: The post-operative correction of HVA and IMA was similar between the two surgical techniques. At six months after surgery both groups reported an improvement in symptoms based the MOxFQ scores which was no different between the two groups. Our study showed that performing a more extreme scarf osteotomy can produce similar results to the Lapidus procedure in correction of severe HV. Print 598 Tags: Hallux Valgus