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Orthopedic Surgery LA References

Due to copyright restrictions, the AOBOS cannot provide most reference materials used for longitudinal assessment. However, a list of references used for the 2025 longitudinal assessment can be found below. A hyperlink to PubMed for each article is provided.

Pediatrics

Spine

  • The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (May 2023); Vol. 105, Issue 9; Short-term neck pain after posterior foraminotomy compared with anterior discectomy with fusion for cervical foraminal radiculopathy: A secondary analysis of the FACET randomized controlled trial; pg. 667-675. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36952440/
  • The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (Sep 2023); Vol. 105, Issue 17; Instrumented versus uninstrumented posterolateral fusion for lumbar spondylolisthesis: A randomized controlled trial; pg. 1309-1317. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37347830/

Tumor

  • The Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (Apr 2019); Vol. 27, Issue 7; Common tumors and tumor-like lesions of the shoulder; pg. 236-245. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30320728/
  • The Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (Oct 2021); Vol. 29, Issue 20; Osteosarcoma: An evolving understanding of a complex disease; pg. e993-e1004. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34623342/