AOBOS Bibliography

American Osteopathic Board of Orthopedic Surgery Bibliography for Test Committee

Approved Textbooks*

(Use Most Current Edition of Text Available)
  1. Comprehensive/General Textbooks
    1. Campbell's Operative Orthopedics, 10th Edition by S. Terry Canale, MD
    2. Rockwood and Green's Fractures in Adults and Children
    3. Orthopedic Knowledge Update (OKU-Including Specialty Editions)
  2. Basic Science/Anatomy
    1. AAOS Basic Science
    2. Surgical Exposures in Orthopaedics: The Anatomic Approach by Stanley Hoppenfeld, et al
    3. Physical Examination of the Spine and Extremities by Hoppenfeld
  3. Legal/Ethics
    1. AAOS/OKU 8
  4. Osteopathic
    1. AOA Foundations of Osteopathic Medicine
  5. Pediatric Orthopedics
    1. Lovell and Winter's Pediatric Orthopedics by Morris
    2. Tachdjian's Pediatric Orthopaedics, 3rd Edition by John A. Herring
  6. Tumor
    1. Atlas of Orthopedic Pathology by Claus-Peter, M.D. Adler, Franklin H. Sim, K. Krishnan Unni, Lester E. Wold (Editor)
  7. Hand
    1. Green’s Operative Hand Surgery
  8. Arthroplasty
    1. Reconstructive Surgery of the Joints by Bernard F., M.D. Morrey (Editor), Kai-Nan An (Editor)
    2. Joint Replacement Arthroplasty by Bernard F., M.D. Morrey, et al
  9. Spine
    1. Rothman-Simeone: The Spine by Harry N., M.D. Herkowitz (Editor), et al
  10. Sports
    1. Delee & Drez's Orthopaedic Sports Medicine: Principles and Practice by Jesse Delee (Editor), et al
  11. Foot
    1. Orthopaedic Knowledge Update: Foot and Ankle
    2. Surgery of the Foot and Ankle by Mann
    3. Atlas of Adult Foot and Ankle Surgery by Lutter
    4. Foot and Ankle Disorders by Meyerson
  12. Shoulder And Elbow
    1. Orthopaedic Knowledge Update: Shoulder and Elbow
    2. The Elbow and It's Disorders by Morrey
    3. The Shoulder by Rockwood & Matsen
  13. Trauma
    1. Skeletal Trauma by Bruce D. Browner
    2. Principles of Internal Fixation by AOSIF

* Examination questions are derived from the textbooks included, but are not limited to this list.