Selected Publications

Lillian S. Kao, MD, MS

Kao LS, Meeks DW, Moyer VA, Lally KP. Peri-operative glycemic control regimens for preventing surgical site infections in adults. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2009, Issue 3. (Publication date July 8, 2009)

Kao LS, Lally KP, Thomas EJ, Tyson JE. Improving quality improvement: a methodologic framework for evaluating the effectiveness of surgical quality improvement. JACS 2009; 208(4): 621-6.

Kao LS, Tyson JE, Blakely ML, Lally KP. Clinical Research Methodology I: Introduction to Randomized Trials. JACS 2008; 206(2): 361-9.

Kao LS, Thomas EJ. Navigating towards improved patient safety using aviation-based strategies. JSR 2008; 145(2): 327-35.

Suliburk JW, Kao LS, Kozar RA, Mercer DW. Training our future surgical scientists: a review of the literature and some recommendations. Ann Surg 2008; 247(5): 741-9.

Kao LS, Todd SR, Moore FA. The impact of diabetes on outcome in traumatically injured patients: an analysis of the 2004 National Trauma Data Bank. Am J Surg 2006; 192(6): 710-4.

Todd SR, Holcomb JB, Kozar RA, Kao LS, McNally MM, Gonzalez EA, Cocanour CS, Vercruysse GA, Lygas MH, Brasseaux BK, Moore FA. A multidisciplinary clinical pathway decreases rib fracture associated infectious morbidity and mortality in high-risk trauma patients. Am J Surg 2006; 192(6): 806-11.