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) - 474 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) - 740 download(s) Read more
30May2022 Percutaneous subtalar joint screw fixation of comminuted calcaneal fractures – a salvage procedure 30 May 2022 Read more Percutaneous subtalar joint screw fixation of comminuted calcaneal fractures – a salvage procedure 1Barts Bone and Joint Health, Royal London Hospital, London, United Kingdom Joint Winner of the BOFAS 2022 2nd Best Poster Prize Documents to download P7(.pdf, 325.8 KB) - 873 download(s) Read more
30May2022 Functional outcome and risk of non-union for 5th metatarsal base fractures treated via a new virtual fracture clinic 30 May 2022 Read more Functional outcome and risk of non-union for 5th metatarsal base fractures treated via a new virtual fracture clinic 1Royal Victoria Hospital Belfast, Trauma & Orthopaedics, Belfast, United Kingdom Documents to download P8 5th metatarsal base fracture VFC(.pdf, 4.23 MB) - 1009 download(s) Read more
30May2022 Radiological outcomes following open versus percutaneous fixation versus arthroscopically assisted percutaneous fixation of calcaneal fractures: a retrospective observational study 30 May 2022 Read more Radiological outcomes following open versus percutaneous fixation versus arthroscopically assisted percutaneous fixation of calcaneal fractures: a retrospective observational study 1North Bristol NHS Trust, Bristol, United Kingdom 2Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom Documents to download P9 open vs perc vs arthroscopic calc fracture(.pdf, 5.65 MB) - 947 download(s) Read more
30May2022 Plating of distal tibial extra-articular fractures: is there a lesson to be learnt? 30 May 2022 Read more Plating of distal tibial extra-articular fractures: is there a lesson to be learnt? 1Glasgow Royal Infirmary, Orthopaedics, Glasgow, United Kingdom Documents to download P10 Distal Tibia Fracture(.pdf, 398.69 KB) - 898 download(s) Read more
30May2022 Hindfoot nails or protibial screw fixation: what is the best option for a complex ankle fracture? 30 May 2022 Read more Hindfoot nails or protibial screw fixation: what is the best option for a complex ankle fracture? 1King's College Hospital, Trauma & Orthopaedics, London, United Kingdom Documents to download P11 Complex Ankle fracture HFN vs PTS(.pdf, 5.42 MB) - 1118 download(s) Read more
30May2022 Access to the talar articular surface without osteotomy to treat osteochondral lesions of the talus using autologous membrane induced chondrogenesis (AMIC) and autologous bone graft 30 May 2022 Read more Access to the talar articular surface without osteotomy to treat osteochondral lesions of the talus using autologous membrane induced chondrogenesis (AMIC) and autologous bone graft 1Harrogate & District NHS Foundation Trust, Orthopaedic Department, Harrogate, United Kingdom 2Harrogate & District NHS Foundation Trust, Radiology Department, Harrogate, United Kingdom Documents to download P12 Talus OCL AMIC(.pdf, 279.91 KB) - 972 download(s) Read more