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Longitudinal Assessment References

Due to copyright restrictions, the AOBS cannot provide most reference materials used for Longitudinal Assessment. However, a list of the references used for the 2025 and 2024 Longitudinal Assessments can be found below. Hyperlinks are provided in teal text where applicable.

2025 REFERENCES

Cardiothoracic Surgery

  • APMIS (Dec 2023); Vol. 131, Issue 12; Good’s syndrome: brief overview of an enigmatic immune deficiency; pg. 698-704
  • Bioengineering (Mar 2019); Vol. 6, Issue 1; Cardiac assist devices: early concepts, current technologies, and future innovations; pg. 18
  • Cancer Epidemiological Biomarkers & Prevention: A Publication of the American Association for Clinical Research (December 2020); Vol. 29, Issue 12; Barrett’s Esophoagus and Esopageal Adenocarcinoma Biomarkers; pg. 2486-2494
  • Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine (Oct 2022); Vol. 9; Current status of diagnosis and treatment of primary benign cardiac tumors in children; pg. 947716
  • Journal of Medical Case Reports (Feb 2021); Vol. 15, Issue 53; Lymphoid Interstitial Pneumonitis In a Newly Diagnosed Late Presenter of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection: A Case Report
  • The Annals of Thoracic Surgery (May 2021); Vol. 111, Issue 5; Impact of Early Tracheostomy on Outcomes After Cardiac Surgery; A National Analysis, pg. 1537-1544
  • The American Journal Medical Sciences (Jul 2021); Vol. 362, Issue 1; Management of ARDS-What Works and What Does Not, pg. 3-23
  • The Journal of Thoracic Cardiovascular Surgery (Jan 2018); Vol. 155, Issue 1; The Eighth Edition TNM Stage Classification For Lung Cancer: What Does It Mean On Main Street? pg. 356-359
  • Sabiston and Spencer Surgery of the Chest, 10th ed. (2024); Part I: Pleura
  • Sabiston and Spencer Surgery of the Chest, 10th ed. (2024); Ch. 27: Spontaneous Pneumothorax
  • Sabiston and Spencer Surgery of the Chest, 10th ed. (2024); Ch. 30: Malignant Pleural and Pericardial Effusions
  • Sabiston and Spencer Surgery of the Chest, 10th ed. (2024); Ch. 34: Esophageal Anatomy and Function
  • Sabiston and Spencer Surgery of the Chest, 10th ed. (2024); Ch. 79: Injury to the Heart and Great Vessels
  • Sabiston and Spencer Surgery of the Chest, 10th ed. (2024); Ch. 112: Cardiac Catheterization and Fetal Interventions
  • Sabiston and Spencer Surgery of the Chest, 10th ed. (2024); Ch. 118: Patent Ductus Arteriosus, Coarctaton of the Aorta, and Vascular Rings
  • Sabiston and Spencer Surgery of the Chest, 10th ed. (2024); Ch. 121: Atrioventricular Canal Defects

General Surgery

Surgical Critical Care

Neurological Surgery

Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery

Vascular Surgery

  • Vascular and Endovascular Surgery: A Comprehensive Review, 9th ed. (2019), Ch. 33, Ch. 46. Wesley S. Moore, MD

Urological Surgery

  • Campbell-Walsh-Wein Urology, 12th ed. (2020); Ch. 2; pg. 19
  • Campbell-Walsh-Wein Urology, 12th ed. (2020); pg. 2620
  • Campbell-Walsh-Wein Urology, 12th ed. (2020); Ch. 77: Surgery of Testicular Tumors; pg. 1711
  • Campbell-Walsh-Wein Urology, 12th ed. (2020); Ch. 77: Surgery of Testicular Tumors; pg. 1712
  • Campbell-Walsh-Wein Urology, 12th ed. (2020); pg. 1696
  • Campbell-Walsh-Wein Urology, 12th ed. (2020); pg. 3108
  • Campbell-Walsh-Wein Urology, 12th ed. (2020); Ch. 38; pg. 737
  • Campbell-Walsh-Wein Urology, 12th ed. (2020); pg. 859
  • Campbell-Walsh-Wein Urology, 12th ed. (2020); Ch. 19
  • Campbell-Walsh-Wein Urology, 12th ed. (2020); Ch.146; pg. 105-109
  • Campbell-Walsh-Wein Urology, 12th ed. (2020); Ch. 162; pg. 3687-3706
  • Campbell-Walsh-Wein Urology, 12th ed. (2020); Ch. 99; pg. 2199
  • Campbell-Walsh-Wein Urology, 12th ed. (2020); Ch. 90; pg. 1982
  • Research and Reports in Urology (Mar 2020); Vol. 12; The Management of Patients Diagnosed With Incidental Prostate Cancer: Narrative Review; pg. 105-109. https://www.dovepress.com/the-management-of-patients-diagnosed-with-incidental-prostate-cancer-n-peer-reviewed-fulltext-article-RRU
  • Respirology Case Reports (Mar 2016); Vol. 4, Issue 1; Nitrofurantoin-induced acute pulmonary toxicity; pg. 25-2, Konstantinos Livanios, Eirini-Sofia Karampi, Adamantia Sotiriou, Kyriaki Tavernaraki, Panagiota Styliara & Elias Kainis. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/rcr2.131
  • Urology Annals (Jan-Mar 2019); Vol. 11, Issue 1; Outcome following renal autotransplantation in renal artery stenosis; pg. 46-52, Mhaske, Sunil M.; Patil, Bhushan; Patwardhan, Sujata K.; Gopalakrishnan, Ganesh; Shelke, Umesh Ravikant,; Pamecha, Yash G. https://journals.lww.com/urol/fulltext/2019/11010/outcome_following_renal_autotransplantation_in.8.aspx

2024 REFERENCES (FOR THOSE IN REMEDIATION)

Neurological Surgery

  • The Guidelines for the Management of Acute Cervical Spine and Spinal Corder Injuries
  • Walters BC, Hadley MN, Hurlbert RJ, Aarabi B, Dhall SS, Gelb DE, Harrigan MR, Rozelle CJ, Ryken TC, Theodore N; American Association of Neurological Surgeons; Congress of Neurological Surgeons. Guidelines for the management of acute cervical spine and spinal cord injuries: 2013 update. Neurosurgery. 2013 Aug;60(CN_suppl_1):82-91. doi: 10.1227/01.neu.0000430319.32247.7f. PMID: 23839357.

Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery

  • Aesthetic Surgery Journal (Jan 2019); Vol. 39, Issue 1; Blepharoplasty: anatomy, planning, techniques, and safety; pg. 10-28
  • Annals of Medicine & Surgery (Sep 2022); Vol. 81; Le Fort III fractures: an approach to resuscitation and management
  • Archives of Plastic Surgery (Sep 2017); Vol. 44, Issue 5; Managing complications in abdominoplasty: a literature review; pg. 457-468
  • Clinical, Cosmetic and Investigational Dermatology (Oct 2020); Vol. 13; A novel onabotulinumtoxin treatment technique to obtain predictable outcomes in eyebrow position and shape; pg. 781-784
  • Clinics in Plastic Surgery (Apr 1976); Vol. 3, Issue 2; Breast ptosis: definition and treatment; pg. 193-203
  • Clinics in Plastic Surgery (Jan 1992); Vol. 19, Issue 1; Evolving concepts of craniomaxillofacial fracture management; pg. 1-10
  • Craniomaxillofacial Trauma & Reconstruction (Mar 2020); Vol. 13, Issue 1; Management of isolated zygomatic arch fractures and a review of external fixation; pg. 38-44
  • European Journal of Plastic Surgery (Jun 2022); Vol. 46; An overview of surgical techniques and non-surgical treatments in lifting the eyebrow including current treatments available; pg. 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00238-021-01911-4.
  • Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery (May 2019); Vol. 52, Issue 2; Gracilis myocutaneous flap: adding to the armamentarium of complex sacrococcygeal defect reconstruction; pg. 246-249
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (Dec 2021); Vol. 19, Issue 1; The interaction of vitamin D and corticosteroids: a mortality analysis of 26,508 veterans who tested positive for SARS-CoV-2; pg. 447
  • Journal of Clinical Orthopaedics and Trauma (Aug 2019); Vol. 10, Issue 5; Flexor tendon injuries; pg. 853-861
  • Mastery of Plastic Surgery, 2nd ed. (1994); pg. 1156-1164
  • Medicine (Baltimore) (Oct 2020); Vol. 99, Issue 44; Surgical treatment and strategy in patients with pressure sores; pg. e23022
  • Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (Apr 2004); Vol. 113, Issue 5; A novel management for calcifying cephalohematoma; pg. 1404-1409
  • Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (Oct 1982); Vol. 70, Issue 4; The recognition of acquired ptosis in patients considered for upper-eyelid blepharoplasty; pg. 431-434
  • Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (Oct 2003); Vol. 112, Suppl 5; Botulinum toxin type A for facial aesthetic enhancement: role in facial shaping; pg. 65-185
  • Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (Sep 2007); Vol. 120, Issue 4; Transblepharoplasty ptosis repair- three-step technique; pg. 1037-1044
  • Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery—Global Open (Jul 2020); Vol. 8, Issue 7; Surgical correction of inverted nipples; pg. e2971
  • Plastic Reconstructive Surgery—Global Open (Nov 2020); Vol. 8, Issue 11; Subtotal nasal reconstruction after traumatic avulsion; pg. e3239
  • Plastic Surgery (2013); Ch. 1: Anatomy of the Head and Neck; pg. 3-22
  • Plastic Surgery, 2nd ed. (2005); pg. 87
  • Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases: Official Journal of the American Society for Bariatric Surgery (Sep-Oct 2008); Vol. 4, Suppl. 4; American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists, The Obesity Society, and American Society for Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery Medical Guidelines for Clinical Practice for the perioperative nutritional, metabolic, and nonsurgical support of the bariatric surgery patient; pg. S109-
    S184
  • The Journal of Craniofacial Surgery (May 1994); Vol. 5, Issue 2; Applications of dental splints with regard to modern techniques of rigid fixation; pg. 136-141

Vascular Surgery

  • Clinically Oriented Anatomy, 8th ed. (2017); pg. 410
  • Moore’s Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, 9th ed. (2019); pg. 123-125
  • Moore’s Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, 9th ed. (2019); pg. 718
  • Rutherford’s Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy, 10th ed. (2023); pg. 2396
  • Rutherford’s Vascular Surgery, 6th ed. (2005); pg. 1045-1047
  • Rutherford’s Vascular Surgery, 6th ed. (2005); pg. 1052-1053
  • Rutherford’s Vascular Surgery, 6th ed. (2005); pg. 1227
  • Rutherford’s Vascular Surgery, 7th ed. (2010); Ch. 145
  • Rutherford’s Vascular Surgery, 8th ed. (2014); pg. 2498-2499
  • Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, 7th ed. (2013); pg. 506
  • Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, 8th ed. (2013); Ch. 4
  • Vascular and Endovascular Surgery: A Comprehensive Review, 8th ed, (2013); pg. 704
  • Vascular and Endovascular Surgery: A Comprehensive Review, 8th ed. (2013); pg. 608-610
  • Vascular and Endovascular Surgery: A Comprehensive Review, 8th ed. (2013); pg. 748-749
  • Vascular Surgery: A Comprehensive Review, 5th ed. (1998); pg. 468-477

Urological Surgery

  • Antibiotics (May 2020); Vol. 9, Issue 6; Analysis of susceptibility to selected antibiotics in Klebsiella pneumoniae, Escherichia coli, Enterococcus faecalis and Enterococcus faecium causing urinary tract infections in kidney transplant recipients over 8 years: single-center study; pg. 284
  • Clinical Imaging (Jul-Aug 2014); Vol. 38, Issue 4; MDCT of renal trauma: correlation to AAST organ injury scale; pg. 410-417
  • Current Urology Reports (May 2019); Vol. 20, Issue 7; Treatment options for calyceal diverticula; pg. 1-4
  • Journal of Endourology (May 2017); Vol. 31, Issue 5; A multi-institutional study of struvite stones: patterns of infection and colonization; pg. 533-537
  • Journal of Urology (Oct 2021); Vol. 206, Issue 4; Management of lower urinary tract symptoms attributed to benign prostatic hyperplasia: AUA guideline part I-initial work-up and medical management; pg. 806-817
  • Neurourology and Urodynamics (Jun 2016); Vol. 35, Issue 5; A guideline for the management of bladder dysfunction in Parkinson’s disease and other gait disorders; pg. 551-563
  • The 5-Minute Urology Consult, 3rd ed. (2015); pg. 18
  • The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism (Jan 2021); Vol. 106, Issue 2; Male infertility due to testicular disorders; pg. e442-e459
  • The Journal of Urology (Apr 2015); Vol. 193, Issue 4; The use of internal stents in chronic ureteral obstruction; pg. 1092-1100
  • The Journal of Urology (Dec 2021); Vol. 206, Issue 6; Percentage of teratoma in orchiectomy and risk of retroperitoneal teratoma at the time of postchemotherapy retroperitoneal lymph node dissection in germ cell tumors; pg. 1430-1437
  • The Journal of Urology (Oct 2016); Vol. 196, Issue 4; Surgical management of stones: American Urological Association/Endourological Society Guideline, part II; pg. 1161
  • Therapeutic Advances in Urology (Feb 2015); Vol. 7, Issue 1; Avoiding and managing vascular injury during robotic-assisted radical prostatectomy; pg. 41-48
  • Urology (Oct 2022); Vol. 168; Over-the-counter alkali agents to raise urine pH and citrate excretion: a prospective crossover study in healthy adults; pg. 72-78
  • Urology, 11th ed. (2016); Ch. 48
  • World Journal of Urology (1994); Vol. 12, Issue 2; pg. 136-138