BOFAS VTE Position Statement BOFAS VTE Position Statement Updated Statement June 2025 20 July 2025 Click here to access the newly updated BOFAS Position Statement for VTE Prophylaxis Read more
Registration Open for BOFAS 2025 (Nov) Registration Open for BOFAS 2025 (Nov) Click to Register Now! 25 June 2025 Read more
New Speciality Standards New Speciality Standards Management of End Stage Ankle Arthritis 05 April 2025 Click here to access the latest BOFAS-BOA Standards for management of End Stage Ankle Arthritis 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) - 447 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) - 722 download(s) Read more
23Jun2022 Does intra-osseous fixation with the IO FiX improve force and contact area in foot and ankle fusions? 23 June 2022 Read more 1 The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, Middlesex, United Kingdom 2 Barnet Hospital, London, United Kingdom 3 Medical University of Graz, Department of Traumatology, Graz, Austria Read more
23Jun2022 Intra operative radiation exposure increases when trainee orthopaedic surgeons are allowed to operate on ankle fractures 23 June 2022 Read more 1 Brighton Sussex University Hospitals, Trauma and Orthopaedics, Brighton, United Kingdom Read more
23Jun2022 Does functional outcome depend on the quality of the fracture fixation? Inter-observer variability of radiological evaluation of surgical ankle fracture fixation. Analysis of 61 cases 23 June 2022 Read more 1 Aintree Hospital, Liverpool, United Kingdom Read more
23Jun2022 Outcomes and complications of 76 operatively treated pilon fractures of the distal tibia 23 June 2022 Read more 1 Glasgow Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, United Kingdom Read more
23Jun2022 Severe foot and ankle injuries at trauma units: a relic of the past? 23 June 2022 Read more 1 Cheltenham General Hospital, Trauma & Orthopaedics, Cheltenham, United Kingdom Read more
23Jun2022 A comparison of operative versus non-operative management of displaced intra-articular fractures of the os-calcis 23 June 2022 Read more 1 Royal Bolton Hospital, Bolton, United Kingdom Read more