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 FORFoot: Forefoot offloading shoes vs rigid flat shoes in patients undergoing surgery of the first ray: A randomised controlled trial of clinical and radiological outcomes 09 August 2022 Read more 1Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust, Trauma and Orthopaedics, Exeter, United Kingdom 2St George's University Hospital, Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery, London, United Kingdom 3North Sydney Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Centre, Sydney, Australia First Place BOFAS 2018 Best Poster Prize Read more
9Aug2022 Early results of Complete Cartilage Regeneration (CCR) technique for Talar Osteo-Chondral defects (OCD) 09 August 2022 Read more 1Robert Jones Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital, Foot and Ankle unit, Oswestry, United Kingdom Read more
9Aug2022 Is operative treatment of delayed Achilles tendon rupture presentation essential? Mid and long-term follow-up of conservatively treated patients 09 August 2022 Read more 1Morriston Hospital, Swansea, Trauma and Orthopaedics, Swansea, United Kingdom 2Swansea University, Biomechanics Department, Swansea, United Kingdom 3Swansea University, School of Medicine, Swansea, United Kingdom 4Morriston Hospital, Swansea, Swansea, United Kingdom Read more
9Aug2022 Identification of stable supination external rotation ankle fractures - A consensus opinion 09 August 2022 Read more 1West Suffolk Hospital, Foot and Ankle Unit, Bury St Edmunds, United Kingdom Read more
10Aug2022 An investigation of the damage to flexor tendons incurred by different minimally invasive proximal phalangeal closing wedge osteotomy surgical techniques in cadaveric feet 10 August 2022 Read more 1Northumbria Healthcare Trust NHS Foundation Trust, Trauma and Orthopaedics, Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom Second Place BOFAS 2018 Best Poster Prize Read more
10Aug2022 A prospective study of 493 Ankle Fractures in a UK trauma unit: What lessons can be learnt? 10 August 2022 Read more 1University Hospitals of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom 2University Hospitals of Leicester, Trauma & Orthopaedic, Leicester, United Kingdom Read more