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) - 517 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) - 762 download(s) Read more
9Aug2022 Stabilisation of the ankle syndesmosis using the internal brace (Arthrex) - early results 09 August 2022 Read more 1Spire Hospital, Leeds, United Kingdom 2Leeds Beckett University, Leeds, United Kingdom 3Harrogate Hospital, Harrogate, United Kingdom Read more
9Aug2022 Are all Weber A ankle fractures benign? 09 August 2022 Read more 1Sheffield Teaching Hospitals Trust, Foot & Ankle Unit, Sheffield, United Kingdom Read more
9Aug2022 Anatomy of the lateral plantar ligaments of the transverse metatarsal arch: The lateral lisfranc ligament 09 August 2022 Read more 1Aintree University Hospital, Liverpool, United Kingdom 2University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom Read more
9Aug2022 Calcaneal fracture epidemiology and fixation trends in England, 2000 to 2017 09 August 2022 Read more 1Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom 2Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom Read more
9Aug2022 Clinical and patient reported outcomes following low intensity pulsed ultrasound (Exogen) for established post-traumatic and post-surgical non-union in the foot and ankle 09 August 2022 Read more 1Wrightington, Wigan & Leigh NHS Foundation Trust, Wigan, United Kingdom Third Place BOFAS 2018 Best Poster Prize Read more
9Aug2022 Tibiotalar arthrodesis - Is union rate and time to union influenced by preoperative deformity, patient related factors or open/arthroscopic procedure and what do patients perceive? 09 August 2022 Read more 1University Hospitals of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom Read more