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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) - 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
Togay Koç / 07 June 2023 / Categories: Abstracts, 2023, Podium Salvage ankle fusion after a failed primary ankle replacement - a data linkage study using the National Joint Registry and NHS Digital T. Jennison, A. Goldberg, I. Sharpe Introduction: When a total ankle replacement fails it can be converted to an ankle fusion or a revision ankle replacement. Despite the increased numbers of undertaken there is limited research on the management of patients undergoing a conversion to fusion following a failed ankle replacement. The primary aim of this study was to analyse the survival of ankle fusions following a failed ankle replacement using a large dataset from the National Joint Registry. Methods: A data linkage study combined National Joint Registry (NJR) Data and NHS Digital data. The primary outcome of failure is defined as a revision fusion procedure, conversion to ankle replacement or amputation. Life tables and Kaplan Meier survival charts were used to illustrate survivorship. Cox proportional hazards regression models were fitted to compare failure rates. Results: 131 underwent conversion to fusion as a salvage procedure. The mean age was 65.7 and 55.7% were males. The mean follow-up was 47.5 months. The mean time from primary ankle replacement to revision to an ankle fusion was 5.3 years. 50 (38.2%) patients required further surgery. Of the 131 patients, 32 patients (24.0%) underwent reoperations other than revision and 29 (22.1%) required revision. 24 (18.3%) underwent re-revision to another fusion and 5 (3.8%) underwent a below-knee amputation. No cases were converted back to a TAR. Failure tended to occur in the first three years with 1-year survival of salvage ankle fusion in 131 patients being 96.0% (95% CI 90.7 to 98.3) and 3-year survival in 69 patients being 77.5% (95% CI: 68.3 to 84.4). Conclusion: Salvage ankle fusion after a failed ankle replacement demonstrates high rates of failure and re-operations. 38.2% of patients undergo further surgery and 23% require revision within 3 years. Further studies are required to further analyse the outcomes of failed ankle replacements. Print 529 Tags: SalvageArthrodesisTAR Documents to download Salvage ankle fusion after a failed primary ankle replacement - a data linkage study using the National Joint Registry and NHS Digital(.pdf, 232.59 KB) - 795 download(s)