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John R.W. Kestle, MD specializes in Craniofacial Surgery, Pediatric Neurosurgery, and Brain Tumors. Dr. Kestle is Professor of Neurosurgery and Vice Chair of Clinical Research. His clinical practice has been exclusively in pediatric neurosurgery, with a specific interest in pediatric epilepsy surgery. His research is centered on clinical trials methodology, which he developed a multi-center network for running clinical trials in pediatric neurosurgery. Dr. Kestle is also Chair of the Hydrocephalus Clinical Research Network.

Clinical Locations

Primary Children's Hospital
Pediatric Neurosurgery

801-662-5340

100 N Mario Capecchi Drive
Salt Lake City, UT  84113
Suite 3850

Specialties

  • Brain Tumors
  • Neurosurgery
  • Pediatric Neurosurgery
  • Trauma - Neuro Critical Care

Board Certification and Academic Information

Academic Departments Neurosurgery - Professor
Academic Divisions Pediatric Neurosurgery
Board Certification American Board of Neurological Surgery (Neurosurg)
American Board of Pediatric Neurological Surgery
Royal College of Surgeons of Canada

John R.W. Kestle, MD specializes in Craniofacial Surgery, Pediatric Neurosurgery, and Brain Tumors. Dr. Kestle is Professor of Neurosurgery and Vice Chair of Clinical Research. His clinical practice has been exclusively in pediatric neurosurgery, with a specific interest in pediatric epilepsy surgery. His research is centered on clinical trials methodology, which he developed a multi-center network for running clinical trials in pediatric neurosurgery. Dr. Kestle is also Chair of the Hydrocephalus Clinical Research Network.

Academic Locations

Board Certification and Academic Information

Academic Departments Neurosurgery - Professor
Academic Divisions Pediatric Neurosurgery
Board Certification American Board of Neurological Surgery (Neurosurg)
American Board of Pediatric Neurological Surgery
Royal College of Surgeons of Canada

Education History

Fellowship Hospital for Sick Children
Pediatric Neurosurgery
Fellow, 1992
Fellowship The Toronto Hospital
Peripheral Nerve Surgery
Fellow, 1991
Residency University of Toronto
Neurosurgery
Resident, 1990
Graduate Training McMaster University
Biostatistics and Epidemiology
M.S., 1989
Internship St. Michael's Hospital
Surgery
Intern, 1985
Professional Medical University of Western Ontario

M.D., 1984
Undergraduate University of Western Ontario
Biology
B.S., 1980

Selected Publications - Journal Articles

Journal Article

  1. Whitehead WE, Riva-Cambrin J, Wellons JC, Kulkarni AV, Limbrick DD, Wall VL, Rozzelle CJ, Hankinson TC, McDonald PJ, Krieger MD, Pollack IF, Tamber MS, Pindrik J, Hauptman JS, Naftel RP, Shannon CN, Chu J, Jackson EM, Browd SR, Simon TD, Holubkov R, Reeder RW, Jensen H, Koschnitzky JE, Gross P, Drake JM, Kestle JRW (2021). Anterior versus posterior entry site for ventriculoperitoneal shunt insertion: a randomized controlled trial by the Hydrocephalus Clinical Research Network. J Neurosurg Pediatr, 1-11.
  2. Riva-Cambrin J, Kulkarni AV, Burr R, Rozzelle CJ, Oakes WJ, Drake JM, Alvey JS, Reeder RW, Holubkov R, Browd SR, Cochrane DD, Limbrick DD, Naftel R, Shannon CN, Simon TD, Tamber MS, McDonald PJ, Wellons JC, Luerssen TG, Whitehead WE, Kestle JRW (2021). Impact of ventricle size on neuropsychological outcomes in treated pediatric hydrocephalus: an HCRN prospective cohort study. J Neurosurg Pediatr, 1-12.
  3. Carter-Febres M, Schneller N, Fair D, Solomon D, Perry A, Roy A, Linscott L, Alashari M, Kestle JR, Bruggers CS (2020). Adjuvant Maintenance Larotrectinib Therapy in 2 Children With NTRK Fusion-positive High-grade Cancers. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol, 43(7), e987-e990.
  4. Wall VL, Kestle JRW, Fulton JB, Gale SD (2021). Social-emotional functioning in pediatric hydrocephalus: comparison of the Hydrocephalus Outcome Questionnaire to the Behavior Assessment System for Children. J Neurosurg Pediatr, 1-7.
  5. Strahle JM, Mahaney KB, Morales DM, Buddhala C, Shannon CN, Wellons JC 3rd, Kulkarni AV, Jensen H, Reeder RW, Holubkov R, Riva-Cambrin JK, Whitehead WE, Rozzelle CJ, Tamber M, Pollack IF, Naftel RP, Kestle JRW, Limbrick DD Jr, Hydrocephalus Clinical Research Network (2021). Longitudinal CSF Iron Pathway Proteins in Posthemorrhagic Hydrocephalus: Associations with Ventricle Size and Neurodevelopmental Outcomes. Ann Neurol, 90(2), 217-226.
  6. Ravindra VM, Awad AW, Baker CM, Lee A, Anderson RCE, Gociman B, Patel KB, Smyth MD, Birgfeld C, Pollack IF, Goldstein JA, Imahiyerobo T, Siddiqi FA, Kestle JRW, Synostosis Research Group SynRG (2021). Preoperative imaging patterns and intracranial findings in single-suture craniosynostosis: a study from the Synostosis Research Group. J Neurosurg Pediatr, 1-7.
  7. Sherrod BA, Makarenko S, Iyer RR, Eli I, Kestle JR, Couldwell WT (2021). Primary pituitary abscess in an adolescent female patient: case report, literature review, and operative video. Childs Nerv Syst, 37(5), 1423-1428.
  8. Hale AT, Riva-Cambrin J, Wellons JC, Jackson EM, Kestle JRW, Naftel RP, Hankinson TC, Shannon CN, Hydrocephalus Clinical Research Network (2021). Machine learning predicts risk of cerebrospinal fluid shunt failure in children: a study from the hydrocephalus clinical research network. Childs Nerv Syst, 37(5), 1485-1494.
  9. Yengo-Kahn AM, Wellons JC, Hankinson TC, Hauptman JS, Jackson EM, Jensen H, Krieger MD, Kulkarni AV, Limbrick DD, McDonald PJ, Naftel RP, Pindrik JA, Pollack IF, Reeder R, Riva-Cambrin J, Rozzelle CJ, Tamber MS, Whitehead WE, Kestle JRW, Hydrocephalus Clinical Research Network (2021). Treatment strategies for hydrocephalus related to Dandy-Walker syndrome: evaluating procedure selection and success within the Hydrocephalus Clinical Research Network. J Neurosurg Pediatr, 1-9.
  10. Di Rocco C, Kestle JRW, Hayward R, Taylor JA (2021). Introduction. Controversies in the management of single-suture craniosynostosis. Neurosurg Focus, 50(4), E1.
  11. Bonfield CM, Shannon CN, Reeder RW, Browd S, Drake J, Hauptman JS, Kulkarni AV, Limbrick DD, McDonald PJ, Naftel R, Pollack IF, Riva-Cambrin J, Rozzelle C, Tamber MS, Whitehead WE, Kestle JRW, Wellons JC, Hydrocephalus Clinical Research Network HCRN (2020). Hydrocephalus treatment in patients with craniosynostosis: an analysis from the Hydrocephalus Clinical Research Network prospective registry. Neurosurg Focus, 50(4), E11.
  12. Baker CM, Ravindra VM, Gociman B, Siddiqi FA, Goldstein JA, Smyth MD, Lee A, Anderson RCE, Patel KB, Birgfeld C, Pollack IF, Imahiyerobo T, Kestle JRW, Synostosis Research Group (2020). Management of sagittal synostosis in the Synostosis Research Group: baseline data and early outcomes. Neurosurg Focus, 50(4), E3.
  13. Limbrick DD, Morales DM, Shannon CN, Wellons JC, Kulkarni AV, Alvey JS, Reeder RW, Freimann V, Holubkov R, Riva-Cambrin JK, Whitehead WE, Rozzelle CJ, Tamber M, Oakes WJ, Drake JM, Pollack IF, Naftel RP, Inder TE, Kestle JR, Hydrocephalus Clinical Research Network (2021). Cerebrospinal fluid NCAM-1 concentration is associated with neurodevelopmental outcome in post-hemorrhagic hydrocephalus of prematurity. PLoS ONE, 16(3), e0247749.
  14. Jensen RL, Kestle JRW, Brockmeyer DL, Couldwell WT (2020). Principles of Remediation for the Struggling Neurosurgery Resident. World Neurosurg, 146, e1118-e1125.
  15. Ravindra VM, Bollo RJ, Dewan MC, Riva-Cambrin JK, Tonetti D, Awad AW, Akbari SH, Gannon S, Shannon C, Birkas Y, Limbrick D, Jea A, Naftel RP, Kestle JR, Grandhi R (2020). Comparison of anticoagulation and antiplatelet therapy for treatment of blunt cerebrovascular injury in children <10 years of age: a multicenter retrospective cohort study. Childs Nerv Syst, 37(1), 47-54.
  16. Veith J, Johns D, Mehta ST, Hosein R, Tuncer FB, Tyrell R, Kestle JRW, Siddiqi F, Gociman B (2021). Serial Posterior Cranial Vault Distraction for the Treatment of Complex Craniosynostosis. J Craniofac Surg, 32(1), 32-35.
  17. Hauptman JS, Kestle J, Riva-Cambrin J, Kulkarni AV, Browd SR, Rozzelle CJ, Whitehead WE, Naftel RP, Pindrik J, Limbrick DD, Drake J, Wellons JC, Tamber MS, Shannon CN, Simon TD, Pollack IF, McDonald PJ, Krieger MD, Chu J, Hankinson TC, Jackson EM, Alvey JS, Reeder RW, Holubkov R, Hydrocephalus Clinical Research Network (2020). Predictors of fast and ultrafast shunt failure in pediatric hydrocephalus: a Hydrocephalus Clinical Research Network study. J Neurosurg Pediatr, 1-10.
  18. Tamber MS, Kestle JRW, Reeder RW, Holubkov R, Alvey J, Browd SR, Drake JM, Kulkarni AV, Limbrick DD, McDonald PJ, Rozzelle CJ, Simon TD, Naftel R, Shannon CN, Wellons JC, Whitehead WE, Riva-Cambrin J, Hydrocephalus Clinical Research Network (2020). Temporal trends in surgical procedures for pediatric hydrocephalus: an analysis of the Hydrocephalus Clinical Research Network Core Data Project. J Neurosurg Pediatr, 1-8.
  19. Quon JL, Han M, Kim LH, Koran ME, Chen LC, Lee EH, Wright J, Ramaswamy V, Lober RM, Taylor MD, Grant GA, Cheshier SH, Kestle JRW, Edwards MSB, Yeom KW (2020). Artificial intelligence for automatic cerebral ventricle segmentation and volume calculation: a clinical tool for the evaluation of pediatric hydrocephalus. J Neurosurg Pediatr, 1-8.
  20. Tyrell R, Limoges N, Kestle J, Gociman B, Siddiqi F (2020). Sinus Pericranii in Posterior Cranial Vault Distraction. J Craniofac Surg, 31(7), e715-e717.
  21. Coulter IC, Kulkarni AV, Sgouros S, Constantini S International Infant Hydrocephalus Study Investigators, Constantini S, Sgouros S, Kulkarni AV, Leitner Y, Kestle JR, Cochrane DD, Choux M, Gjerris F, Sherer A, Akalan N, Bilginer B, Navarro R, Vujotic L, Haberl H, Thomale UW, Zccaro G, Jaimovitch R, Frim D, Loftis L, Swift DM, Robertson B, Gargan L, Bognr L, Novk L, Cseke G, Cama A, Ravegnani GM, Preu M, Schroeder HW, Fritsch M, Baldauf J, Mandera M, Luszawski J, Skorupka P, Mallucci C, Williams D, Zakrzewski K, Nowoslawska E, Srivastava C, Mahapatra AK, Kumar R, Sahu RN, Melikian AG, Korshunov A, Galstyan A, Suri A, Gupta D, Grotenhuis JA, van Lindert EJ, da Costa Val JA, Di Rocco C, Tamburrini G, Zymberg ST, Cavalheiro S, Jie M, Feng J, Friedman O, Rajmohamed N, Roszkowski M, Barszcz S, Jallo G, Pincus DW, Richter B, Mehdorn HM, Schultka S, de Ribaupierre S, Thompson D, Gatscher S, Wagner W, Koch D, Cipri S, Zaccone C, McDonald P (2020). Cranial and ventricular size following shunting or endoscopic third ventriculostomy (ETV) in infants with aqueductal stenosis: further insights from the International Infant Hydrocephalus Study (IIHS). Childs Nerv Syst, 36(7), 1407-1414.
  22. Pfeifauf KD, Said AM, Naidoo SD, Skolnick GB, Kestle JRW, Lee A, Birgfeld C, Anderson RCE, Gociman B, Siddiqi FA, Pollack IF, Goldstein JA, Tamber M, Imahiyerobo T, Smyth MD, Patel KB, Synostosis Research Group (2020). Evaluation of the Patient-Practitioner Consultation on Surgical Treatment Options for Patients With Craniosynostosis. J Craniofac Surg, 31(5), 1186-1190.
  23. Pindrik J, Riva-Cambrin J, Kulkarni AV, Alvey JS, Reeder RW, Pollack IF, Wellons JC, Jackson EM, Rozzelle CJ, Whitehead WE, Limbrick DD, Naftel RP, Shannon C, McDonald PJ, Tamber MS, Hankinson TC, Hauptman JS, Simon TD, Krieger MD, Holubkov R, Kestle JRW, Hydrocephalus Clinical Research Network (2020). Surgical resource utilization after initial treatment of infant hydrocephalus: comparing ETV, early experience of ETV with choroid plexus cauterization, and shunt insertion in the Hydrocephalus Clinical Research Network. J Neurosurg Pediatr, 1-9.
  24. Holoyda KA, Kim EN, Tuncer FB, Maglic D, Hosein RC, Kestle JR, Siddiqi FA, Gociman BR (2020). Layered Closure of Lumbosacral Myelomeningocele Defects with Bilateral Paraspinous Muscle and Composite Fasciocutaneous Flaps. Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open, 8(6), e2884.
  25. Sherrod BA, Iyer RR, Kestle JR (2020). Endoscopic third ventriculostomy for pediatric tumor-associated hydrocephalus. Neurosurg Focus, 48(1), E5.
  26. Koueik J, Sandoval-Garcia C, Kestle JRW, Rocque BG, Frim DM, Grant GA, Keating RF, Muh CR, Oakes WJ, Pollack IF, Selden NR, Tubbs RS, Tuite GF, Warf B, Rajamanickam V, Broman AT, Haughton V, Rebsamen S, George TM, Iskandar BJ (2019). Outcomes in children undergoing posterior fossa decompression and duraplasty with and without tonsillar reduction for Chiari malformation type I and syringomyelia: a pilot prospective multicenter cohort study. J Neurosurg Pediatr, 1-9.
  27. Riva-Cambrin J, Kestle JRW, Rozzelle CJ, Naftel RP, Alvey JS, Reeder RW, Holubkov R, Browd SR, Cochrane DD, Limbrick DD Jr, Shannon CN, Simon TD, Tamber MS, Wellons JC III, Whitehead WE, Kukarni AV, for the HCRN (2019). Predictors of success for combined endoscopic third ventriculostomy and choroid plexus cauterization in a North American setting: a Hydrocephalus Clinical Research Network study. J Neurosurg Pediatr, 24(2), 128-138.
  28. Simon TD, Kronman MP, Whitlock KB, Browd SR, Holubkov R, Kestle JRW, Kulkarni AV, Langley M, Limbrick DD, Luerssen TG, Oakes J, Riva-Cambrin J, Rozzelle C, Shannon CN, Tamber M, Wellons Iii JC, Whitehead WE, Mayer-Hamblett N, Hydrocephalus Clinical Research Network (2018). Patient and Treatment Characteristics by Infecting Organism in Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunt Infection. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc, 8(3), 235-243.
  29. Karsy M, Akbari SH, Limbrick D, Leuthardt EC, Evans J, Smyth MD, Strahle J, Leonard J, Cheshier S, Brockmeyer DL, Bollo RJ, Kestle JR, Honeycutt J, Donahue DJ, Roberts RA, Hansen DR, Riva-Cambrin J, Sutherland G, Gallagher C, Hader W, Starreveld Y, Hamilton M, Duhaime AC, Jensen RL, Chicoine MR (2019). Evaluation of pediatric glioma outcomes using intraoperative MRI: a multicenter cohort study. J Neurooncol, 143(2), 271-280.
  30. Test MR, Whitlock KB, Langley M, Riva-Cambrin J, Kestle JRW, Simon TD (2018). Relationship of causative organism and time to infection among children with cerebrospinal fluid shunt infection. J Neurosurg Pediatr, 24(1), 22-28.
  31. Ravindra VM, Bollo RJ, Eli IM, Griauzde J, Lanpher A, Klein J, Zhu H, Brockmeyer DL, Kestle JRW, Couldwell WT, Scott RM, Smith E (2019). A study of pediatric cerebral arteriovenous malformations: clinical presentation, radiological features, and long-term functional and educational outcomes with predictors of sustained neurological deficits. J Neurosurg Pediatr, 24(1), 1-8.
  32. Abunimer AM, Abou-Al-Shaar H, Azab MA, Karsy M, Guan J, Kestle JR, Couldwell WT (2018). Transsphenoidal Approaches for Microsurgical Resection of Pituitary Adenomas in Pediatric Patients. World Neurosurg, 123, e186-e193.
  33. Simon TD, Kronman MP, Whitlock KB, Browd SR, Holubkov R, Kestle JRW, Kulkarni AV, Langley M, Limbrick DD, Luerssen TG, Oakes WJ, Riva-Cambrin J, Rozzelle C, Shannon CN, Tamber M, Wellons JC, Whitehead WE, Mayer-Hamblett N (2019). Reinfection rates following adherence to Infectious Diseases Society of America guideline recommendations in first cerebrospinal fluid shunt infection treatment. J Neurosurg Pediatr, 1-9.
  34. Kestle JRW, Riva-Cambrin J (2019). Prospective multicenter studies in pediatric hydrocephalus. J Neurosurg Pediatr, 23(2), 135-141.
  35. Ravindra VM, Kestle JRW (2019). Writing a Clinical Research Question. Neurosurgery, 84(1), 12-16.
  36. Kestle JRW, Lee A, Anderson RCE, Gociman B, Patel KB, Smyth MD, Birgfeld C, Pollack IF, Goldstein JA, Tamber M, Imahiyerobo T, Siddiqi FA, Synostosis Research Group (2018). Variation in the management of isolated craniosynostosis: a survey of the Synostosis Research Group. J Neurosurg Pediatr, 22(6), 627-631.
  37. Guan J, Karsy M, Brock AA, Couldwell WT, Kestle JRW, Jensen RL, Dailey AT, Bisson EF, Schmidt RH (2018). Analysis of an overlapping surgery policy change on costs in a high-volume neurosurgical department. J Neurosurg, 1-8.
  38. Karsy M, Henderson F, Tenny S, Guan J, Amps JW, Friedman AH, Spiotta AM, Patel S, Kestle JRW, Jensen RL, Couldwell WT (2018). Attitudes and opinions of US neurosurgical residents toward research and scholarship: a national survey. J Neurosurg, 131(1), 252-263.
  39. Guan J, Karsy M, Brock AA, Couldwell WT, Kestle JRW, Jensen RL, Dailey AT, Schmidt RH (2018). Impact of a more restrictive overlapping surgery policy: an analysis of pre- and postimplementation complication rates, resident involvement, and surgical wait times at a high-volume neurosurgical department. J Neurosurg, 129(2), 515-523.
  40. Simon TD, Kronman MP, Whitlock KB, Gove NE, Mayer-Hamblett N, Browd SR, Cochrane DD, Holubkov R, Kulkarni AV, Langley M, Limbrick DD, Luerssen TG, Oakes WJ, Riva-Cambrin J, Rozzelle C, Shannon C, Tamber M, Wellons JC, Whitehead WE, Kestle JRW (2018). Reinfection after treatment of first cerebrospinal fluid shunt infection: a prospective observational cohort study. J Neurosurg Pediatr, 21(4), 346-358.
  41. Kulkarni AV, Riva-Cambrin J, Rozzelle CJ, Naftel RP, Alvey JS, Reeder RW, Holubkov R, Browd SR, Cochrane DD, Limbrick DD, Simon TD, Tamber M, Wellons JC, Whitehead WE, Kestle JRW (2018). Endoscopic third ventriculostomy and choroid plexus cauterization in infant hydrocephalus: a prospective study by the Hydrocephalus Clinical Research Network. J Neurosurg Pediatr, 21(3), 214-223.
  42. Park MS, Mazur MD, Moon K, Nanaszko MJ, Kestle JRW, Shah LM, Winegar B, Albuquerque FC, Taussky P, McDougall CG (2017). An outcomes-based grading scale for the evaluation of cerebral aneurysms treated with flow diversion. J Neurointerv Surg, 9(11), 1060-1063.
  43. Guan J, Brock AA, Karsy M, Couldwell WT, Schmidt MH, Kestle JRW, Jensen RL, Dailey AT, Schmidt RH (2017). Managing overlapping surgery: an analysis of 1018 neurosurgical and spine cases. J Neurosurg, 127(5), 1096-1104.
  44. Garber ST, Karsy M, Kestle JRW, Siddiqi F, Spanos SP, Riva-Cambrin J (2017). Comparing Outcomes and Cost of 3 Surgical Treatments for Sagittal Synostosis: A Retrospective Study Including Procedure-Related Cost Analysis. Neurosurgery, 81(4), 680-687.
  45. Jensen RL, Alzhrani G, Kestle JRW, Brockmeyer DL, Lamb SM, Couldwell WT (2017). Neurosurgeon as educator: a review of principles of adult education and assessment applied to neurosurgery. J Neurosurg, 127(4), 949-957.
  46. Wellons JC 3rd, Shannon CN, Holubkov R, Riva-Cambrin J, Kulkarni AV, Limbrick DD Jr, Whitehead W, Browd S, Rozzelle C, Simon TD, Tamber MS, Oakes WJ, Drake J, Luerssen TG, Kestle J (2017). Shunting outcomes in posthemorrhagic hydrocephalus: results of a Hydrocephalus Clinical Research Network prospective cohort study. J Neurosurg Pediatr, 20(1), 19-29.
  47. Kestle JRW (2017). Editorial. Early unplanned reoperation: we need more data. J Neurosurg Pediatr, 19(6), 632-633.
  48. Whitehead WE, Riva-Cambrin J, Kulkarni AV, Wellons JC 3rd, Rozzelle CJ, Tamber MS, Limbrick DD Jr, Browd SR, Naftel RP, Shannon CN, Simon TD, Holubkov R, Illner A, Cochrane DD, Drake JM, Luerssen TG, Oakes WJ, Kestle JR (2017). Ventricular catheter entry site and not catheter tip location predicts shunt survival: a secondary analysis of 3 large pediatric hydrocephalus studies. J Neurosurg Pediatr, 19(2), 157-167.
  49. Ravindra VM, Bollo RJ, Sivakumar W, Akbari H, Naftel RP, Limbrick DD Jr, Jea A, Gannon S, Shannon C, Birkas Y, Yang GL, Prather CT, Kestle JR, Riva-Cambrin J (2017). Predicting Blunt Cerebrovascular Injury in Pediatric Trauma: Validation of the "Utah Score". J Neurotrauma, 34(2), 391-399.
  50. Simon TD, Kronman MP, Whitlock KB, Gove N, Browd SR, Holubkov R, Kestle JR, Kulkarni AV, Langley M, Limbrick DD Jr, Luerssen TG, Oakes J, Riva-Cambrin J, Rozzelle C, Shannon C, Tamber M, Wellons JC 3rd, Whitehead WE, Mayer-Hamblett N, Hydrocephalus Clinical Research Network HCRN (2016). Variability in Management of First Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunt Infection: A Prospective Multi-Institutional Observational Cohort Study. J Pediatr, 179, 185-191.e2.
  51. Kestle JR, Kulkarni AV, Warf BC (2016). Introduction: Pediatric hydrocephalus: a continuing evolution in our understanding and management. Neurosurg Focus, 41(5), E1.
  52. Kulkarni AV, Riva-Cambrin J, Holubkov R, Browd SR, Cochrane DD, Drake JM, Limbrick DD, Rozzelle CJ, Simon TD, Tamber M, Wellons JC, Whitehead WE, Kestle JRW for the Hydrocephalus Clinical Research Network (10/01/'2016). Endoscopic third ventriculostomy (ETV) in children: prospective, multicenter results from the Hydrocephalus Clinical Research Network. J Neurosurg Pediatr, 18, 423-429.
  53. Johns D, Anstadt E, Donato D, Kestle J, Riva-Cambrin J, Siddiqi F, Gociman B (2016). Early Posterior Vault Distraction Osteogenesis for the Treatment of Syndromic Craniosynostosis. Craniomaxillofac Trauma Reconstr, 9(3), 219-23.
  54. Riva-Cambrin J, Kestle JR, Holubkov R, Butler J, Kulkarni AV, Drake J, Whitehead WE, Wellons JC 3rd, Shannon CN, Tamber MS, Limbrick DD Jr, Rozzelle C, Browd SR, Simon TD, Hydrocephalus Clinical Research Network (2016). Risk factors for shunt malfunction in pediatric hydrocephalus: a multicenter prospective cohort study. J Neurosurg Pediatr, 17(4), 382-90.
  55. Kestle JR, Holubkov R, Douglas Cochrane D, Kulkarni AV, Limbrick DD Jr, Luerssen TG, Jerry Oakes W, Riva-Cambrin J, Rozzelle C, Simon TD, Walker ML, Wellons JC 3rd, Browd SR, Drake JM, Shannon CN, Tamber MS, Whitehead WE (2016). A new Hydrocephalus Clinical Research Network protocol to reduce cerebrospinal fluid shunt infection. J Neurosurg Pediatr, 17(4), 391-6.
  56. Kestle J (2015). Editorial: The challenges of determining natural history. J Neurosurg Pediatr, 17(2), 121-122.
  57. McAllister JP 2nd, Williams MA, Walker ML, Kestle JR, Relkin NR, Anderson AM, Gross PH, Browd SR, Hydrocephalus Symposium Expert Panel (2015). An update on research priorities in hydrocephalus: overview of the third National Institutes of Health-sponsored symposium "Opportunities for Hydrocephalus Research: Pathways to Better Outcomes". J Neurosurg, 123(6), 1427-38.
  58. Kestle JRW (2015). Editorial: Measuring resident operative skills. 16(5), 495-496.
  59. Steinbok P, Durity F, Kestle J, Cochrane DD (2015). Pediatric neurosurgery at British Columbia's Children's Hospital. Childs Nerv Syst, 31(9), 1419-27.
  60. Bowers C, Taussky P, Kestle JR, Park MS (2015). A Neurosurgical Call to Arms: Lessons from ARUBA, Mr. Clean, and the Hydrocephalus Clinical Research Network. World Neurosurg, 84(2), 202-4.
  61. Gopalakrishnan CV, Kestle JR, Connolly MB (2015). The "vagal ansa": a source of complication in vagus nerve stimulation. J Neurosurg Pediatr, 15(5), 535-8.
  62. Spader HS, Hertzler DA, Kestle JR, Riva-Cambrin J (2015). Risk factors for infection and the effect of an institutional shunt protocol on the incidence of ventricular access device infections in preterm infants. J Neurosurg Pediatr, 15(2), 156-60.
  63. Gociman B, Blagg R, Agko M, Goodwin I, Kestle JR, Siddiqi F (2014). The metopic angle: a novel assessment tool of the trigonocephalic frontal deformity and its correction. J Craniofac Surg, 25(6), 2101-4.
  64. Kulkarni AV, Riva-Cambrin J, Browd SR, Drake JM, Holubkov R, Kestle JR, Limbrick DD, Rozzelle CJ, Simon TD, Tamber MS, Wellons JC 3rd, Whitehead WE (2014). Endoscopic third ventriculostomy and choroid plexus cauterization in infants with hydrocephalus: a retrospective Hydrocephalus Clinical Research Network study. J Neurosurg Pediatr, 14(3), 224-9.
  65. Whitehead WE, Riva-Cambrin J, Wellons JC 3rd, Kulkarni AV, Browd S, Limbrick D, Rozzelle C, Tamber MS, Simon TD, Shannon CN, Holubkov R, Oakes WJ, Luerssen TG, Walker ML, Drake JM, Kestle JR (2014). Factors associated with ventricular catheter movement and inaccurate catheter location: post hoc analysis of the hydrocephalus clinical research network ultrasound-guided shunt placement study. J Neurosurg Pediatr, 14(2), 173-8.
  66. Simon TD, Butler J, Whitlock KB, Browd SR, Holubkov R, Kestle JR, Kulkarni AV, Langley M, Limbrick DD Jr, Mayer-Hamblett N, Tamber M, Wellons JC 3rd, Whitehead WE, Riva-Cambrin J, Hydrocephalus Clinical Research Network (2014). Risk factors for first cerebrospinal fluid shunt infection: findings from a multi-center prospective cohort study. J Pediatr, 164(6), 1462-8.e2.
  67. Simon TD, Mayer-Hamblett N, Whitlock KB, Langley M, Kestle JR, Riva-Cambrin J, Rosenfeld M, Thorell EA (2014). Few Patient, Treatment, and Diagnostic or Microbiological Factors, Except Complications and Intermittent Negative Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF) Cultures During First CSF Shunt Infection, Are Associated With Reinfection. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc, 3(1), 15-22.
  68. Gross P, Reed GT, Engelmann R, Kestle JR (2014). Hydrocephalus research funding from the National Institutes of Health: a 10-year perspective. J Neurosurg Pediatr, 13(2), 145-50.
  69. Al-Tamimi YZ, Sinha P, Chumas PD, Crimmins D, Drake J, Kestle J, Hayward R, Solanki GA, Thomson S, Thorne J (2014). Ventriculoperitoneal shunt 30-day failure rate: a retrospective international cohort study. Neurosurgery, 74(1), 29-34.
  70. Whitehead WE, Riva-Cambrin J, Wellons JC 3rd, Kulkarni AV, Holubkov R, Illner A, Oakes WJ, Luerssen TG, Walker ML, Drake JM, Kestle JR (2013). No significant improvement in the rate of accurate ventricular catheter location using ultrasound-guided CSF shunt insertion: a prospective, controlled study by the Hydrocephalus Clinical Research Network. J Neurosurg Pediatr, 12(6), 565-74.
  71. Kulkarni AV, Riva-Cambrin J, Butler J, Browd SR, Drake JM, Holubkov R, Kestle JR, Limbrick DD, Simon TD, Tamber MS, Wellons JC 3rd, Whitehead WE (2013). Outcomes of CSF shunting in children: comparison of Hydrocephalus Clinical Research Network cohort with historical controls: clinical article. J Neurosurg Pediatr, 12(4), 334-8.
  72. Kalra RR, Kestle JR (2013). An assessment of academic productivity in pediatric neurosurgery. J Neurosurg Pediatr, 12(3), 262-5.
  73. Gociman B, Agko M, Blagg R, Garlick J, Kestle JR, Siddiqi F (2013). Endoscopic-assisted correction of metopic synostosis. J Craniofac Surg, 24(3), 763-8.
  74. Cress M, Kestle JR, Holubkov R, Riva-Cambrin J (2013). Risk factors for pediatric arachnoid cyst rupture/hemorrhage: a case-control study. Neurosurgery, 72(5), 716-22; discussion 722.
  75. Wellons JC 3rd, Holubkov R, Browd SR, Riva-Cambrin J, Whitehead W, Kestle J, Kulkarni AV (2013). The assessment of bulging fontanel and splitting of sutures in premature infants: an interrater reliability study by the Hydrocephalus Clinical Research Network. J Neurosurg Pediatr, 11(1), 12-4.
  76. Verma A, Zhou H, Chin S, Bruggers C, Kestle J, Khatua S (2012). EGFR as a predictor of relapse in myxopapillary ependymoma. Pediatr Blood Cancer, 59(4), 746-8.
  77. Simon TD, Whitlock KB, Riva-Cambrin J, Kestle JR, Rosenfeld M, Dean JM, Holubkov R, Langley M, Hamblett NM (2012). Revision surgeries are associated with significant increased risk of subsequent cerebrospinal fluid shunt infection. Pediatr Infect Dis J, 31(6), 551-6.
  78. Brockmeyer DL, Ragel BT, Kestle J (2012). The Pediatric Cervical Spine Instability Study: a pilot study assessing the prognostic value of four imaging modalities in clearing the cervical spine for children with severe traumatic injuries. Childs Nerv Syst, 28(5), 699-705.
  79. Gociman B, Marengo J, Ying J, Kestle JR, Siddiqi F (2012). Minimally invasive strip craniectomy for sagittal synostosis. J Craniofac Surg, 23(3), 825-8.
  80. Riva-Cambrin J, Shannon CN, Holubkov R, Whitehead WE, Kulkarni AV, Drake J, Simon TD, Browd SR, Kestle JR, Wellons JC 3rd (2012). Center effect and other factors influencing temporization and shunting of cerebrospinal fluid in preterm infants with intraventricular hemorrhage. J Neurosurg Pediatr, 9(5), 473-81.
  81. Brockmeyer DL, Ragel BT, Kestle JR (2012). The pediatric cervical spine instability study. A pilot study assessing the prognostic value of four imaging modalities in clearing the cervical spine for children with severe traumatic injuries. Childs Nerv Syst, 28(5), 699-705.
  82. Simon TD, Whitlock KB, Riva-Cambrin J, Kestle JR, Rosenfeld M, Dean JM, Holubkov R, Langley M, Mayer-Hamblett N (2012). Association of intraventricular hemorrhage secondary to prematurity with cerebrospinal fluid shunt surgery in the first year following initial shunt placement. J Neurosurg Pediatr, 9(1), 54-63.
  83. Kestle JR (2011). The less you look, the less you find. J Neurosurg, 115(5), 1038-9; author reply 1039.
  84. Tuan TJ, Thorell EA, Hamblett NM, Kestle JR, Rosenfeld M, Simon TD (2011). Treatment and microbiology of repeated cerebrospinal fluid shunt infections in children. Pediatr Infect Dis J, 30(9), 731-5.
  85. Khatua S, Moore KR, Vats TS, Kestle JR (2011). Diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma-current status and future strategies. Childs Nerv Syst, 27(9), 1391-7.
  86. Kestle JR, Riva-Cambrin J, Wellons JC 3rd, Kulkarni AV, Whitehead WE, Walker ML, Oakes WJ, Drake JM, Luerssen TG, Simon TD, Holubkov R, Hydrocephalus Clinical Research Network (2011). A standardized protocol to reduce cerebrospinal fluid shunt infection: the Hydrocephalus Clinical Research Network Quality Improvement Initiative. J Neurosurg Pediatr, 8(1), 22-9.
  87. Yong RL, Habrock-Bach T, Vaughan M, Kestle JR, Steinbok P (2011). Symptomatic retethering of the spinal cord after section of a tight filum terminale. Neurosurgery, 68(6), 1594-601; discussion 1601-2.
  88. Hutchison JS, Frndova H, Lo TY, Guerguerian AM, Hypothermia Pediatric Head Injury Trial Investigators, Canadian Critical Care Trials Group Kestle JR (2011). Impact of hypotension and low cerebral perfusion pressure on outcomes in children treated with hypothermia therapy following severe traumatic brain injury: a post hoc analysis of the Hypothermia Pediatric Head Injury Trial. Dev Neurosci, 32(5-6), 406-412.
  89. Chen HH, Riva-Cambrin J, Brockmeyer D, Walker M, Kestle J (04/01/2011). Shunt failure due to intracranial migration of BioGlide® ventricular catheters. J Neurosurg Pediatr, 7(4), 408-412.
  90. Adzick NS, Thom EA, Spong CY, Brock JW 3rd, Burrows PK, Johnson MP, Howell LJ, Farrell JA, Dabrowiak ME, Sutton LN, Gupta N, Tulipan NB, DAlton ME, Farmer DL, MOMS Investigators Kestle JR (2011). A randomized trial of prenatal versus postnatal repair of myelomeningocele. N Engl J Med, 364(11), 993-1004.
  91. Kulkarni AV, Drake JM, Kestle JR, Mallucci CL, Sgouros S, Constantini S (2010). Predicting who will benefit from endoscopic third ventriculostomy compared with shunt insertion in childhood hydrocephalus using the ETV Success Score. J Neurosurg Pediatr, 6(4), 310-5.
  92. Simon TD, Hall M, Dean JM, Kestle JR, Riva-Cambrin J (2010). Reinfection following initial cerebrospinal fluid shunt infection. J Neurosurg Pediatr, 6(3), 277-85.
  93. Kulkarni AV, Drake JM, Kestle JR, Mallucci CL, Sgouros S, Constantini S (2010). Endoscopic third ventriculostomy vs cerebrospinal fluid shunt in the treatment of hydrocephalus in children: a propensity score-adjusted analysis. Neurosurgery, 67(3), 588-93.
  94. Simon TD, Hall M, Riva-Cambrin J, Albert JE, Jeffries HE, Lafleur B, Dean JM, Kestle JR, Hydrocephalus Clinical Research Network (2009). Infection rates following initial cerebrospinal fluid shunt placement across pediatric hospitals in the United States. Clinical article. J Neurosurg Pediatr, 4(2), 156-65.
  95. La Barge DV 3rd, Ng PP, Stevens EA, Friedline NK, Kestle JR, Schmidt RH (2009). Extended intracranial applications for ethylene vinyl alcohol copolymer (Onyx): mycotic and dissecting aneurysms. Technical note. J Neurosurg, 111(1), 114-8.
  96. Wellons JC, Shannon CN, Kulkarni AV, Simon TD, Riva-Cambrin J, Whitehead WE, Oakes WJ, Drake JM, Luerssen TG, Walker ML, Kestle JR (2009). A multicenter retrospective comparison of conversion from temporary to permanent cerebrospinal fluid diversion in very low birth weight infants with posthemorrhagic hydrocephalus. J Neurosurg Pediatr, 4(1), 50-5.
  97. Vachhrajani S, Kulkarni AV, Kestle JR (2009). Clinical practice guidelines. J Neurosurg Pediatr, 3(4), 249-56.
  98. Drake J, Kulkarni A, Kestle J (2009). Endoscopic third ventriculostomy versus ventriculoperitoneal shunt in pediatric patients: a decision analysis. Childs Nerv Syst, 25, 467-472.
  99. Kestle J (2008). Ventriculoperitoneal shunt in children: indications, equipment and techniques. Pan Arab Journal of Neurosurgery, 12(2), Supplement Ap.
  100. Kan P, Van Orman C, Kestle JR (2008). Outcomes after surgery for focal epilepsy in children. Childs Nerv Syst, 24(5), 587-91.
  101. Kan P, Gooch J, Amini A, Ploeger D, Grams B, Oberg W, Simonsen S, Walker M, Kestle J (2007). Surgical treatment of spasticity in children: comparison of selective dorsal rhizotomy and intrathecal baclofen pump implantation. Childs Nerv Syst, 24(2), 239-43.
  102. Simon TD, Riva-Cambrin J, Srivastava R, Bratton SL, Dean JM, Kestle JR (2008). Hospital care for children with hydrocephalus in the United States: utilization, charges, comorbidities, and deaths. J Neurosurg Pediatr, 1(2), 131-7.
  103. Kan P, Simonsen SE, Lyon JL, Kestle JR (2008). Cellular phone use and brain tumor: a meta-analysis. J Neurooncol, 86(1), 71-8.
  104. Williams MA, McAllister JP, Walker ML, Kranz DA, Bergsneider M, Del Bigio MR, Fleming L, Frim DM, Gwinn K, Kestle JR, Luciano MG, Madsen JR, Oster-Granite ML, Spinella G (2007). Priorities for hydrocephalus research: report from a National Institutes of Health-sponsored workshop. J Neurosurg, 107(5 Suppl), 345-57.
  105. Kan P, Kestle J (2007). Lack of efficacy of antibiotic-impregnated shunt systems in preventing shunt infections in children. Childs Nerv Syst, 23(7), 773-7.
  106. Binning M, Ragel B, Brockmeyer DL, Walker ML, Kestle JR (2007). Evaluation of the necessity of postoperative imaging after craniosynostosis surgery. J Neurosurg, 107(1 Suppl), 43-5.
  107. Kan P, Walker ML, Drake JM, Kestle JR (2007). Predicting slitlike ventricles in children on the basis of baseline characteristics at the time of shunt insertion. J Neurosurg, 106(5 Suppl), 347-9.
  108. Kan P, Kestle JR (2007). Designing randomized clinical trials in pediatric neurosurgery. Childs Nerv Syst, 23(4), 385-90.
  109. Kan P, Liu JK, Hedlund G, Brockmeyer DL, Walker ML, Kestle JR (2006). The role of diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging in pediatric brain tumors. Childs Nerv Syst, 22(11), 1435-9.
  110. Kan P, Amini A, Hansen K, White GL Jr, Brockmeyer DL, Walker ML, Kestle JR (2006). Outcomes after decompressive craniectomy for severe traumatic brain injury in children. J Neurosurg, 105(5 Suppl), 337-42.
  111. Kestle JR, Garton HJ, Whitehead WE, Drake JM, Kulkarni AV, Cochrane DD, Muszynski C, Walker ML (2006). Management of shunt infections: a multicenter pilot study. J Neurosurg, 105(3 Suppl), 177-81.
  112. Kestle JR, Cochrane DD, Drake JM (2006). Shunt insertion in the summer: is it safe? J Neurosurg, 105(3 Suppl), 165-8.
  113. McCall T, Rao G, Kestle J (2006). Work hour restrictions: Impact on neurosurgical resident training at the University of Utah. AANS Bulletin, 14(4), 17-22.
  114. Kestle JRW, Cochrane DD, Drake JM (2006). Response to editorial: summer shunting. J Neurosurg, 105, 163-164.
  115. Klimo P Jr, Kestle JR (2005). Potentially useful outcome measures for clinical research in pediatric neurosurgery. J Neurosurg, 103(3 Suppl), 207-12.
  116. Kestle JR, Walker ML (2005). A multicenter prospective cohort study of the Strata valve for the management of hydrocephalus in pediatric patients. J Neurosurg, 102(2 Suppl), 141-5.
  117. Fassett D, Pingree J, Kestle J (2005). High incidence of tumor dissemination in myxopapillary ependymoma in children. J Neurosurg Pediatr, 102, 59-64.
  118. Klimo P Jr, Thompson CJ, Kestle JR, Schmidt MH (2005). A meta-analysis of surgery versus conventional radiotherapy for the treatment of metastatic spinal epidural disease. Neuro-Oncol, 7(1), 64-76.
  119. Klimo P Jr, Thompson CJ, Drake J, Kestle JR (2004). Assessing the validity of the endoscopic shunt insertion trial: did surgical experience affect the results? J Neurosurg, 101(2 Suppl), 130-3.
  120. Klimo P Jr, Kestle JR, Schmidt MH (2004). Clinical trials and evidence-based medicine for metastatic spine disease. Neurosurg Clin N Am, 15(4), 549-64.
  121. Anderson RC, Kan P, Klimo P, Brockmeyer DL, Walker ML, Kestle JR (2004). Complications of intracranial pressure monitoring in children with head trauma. J Neurosurg, 101(1 Suppl), 53-8.
  122. Kestle J, Townsend JJ, Brockmeyer DL, Walker ML (2004). Juvenile pilocytic astrocytoma of the brainstem in children. J Neurosurg, 101(1 Suppl), 1-6.
  123. Liu JK, Tenner MS, Gottfried ON, Stevens EA, Rosenow JM, Madan N, MacDonald JD, Kestle JR, Couldwell WT (2004). Efficacy of multiple intraarterial papaverine infusions for improvement in cerebral circulation time in patients with recurrent cerebral vasospasm. J Neurosurg, 100(3), 414-21.
  124. Klimo P Jr, Kestle JR, MacDonald JD, Schmidt RH (2004). Marked reduction of cerebral vasospasm with lumbar drainage of cerebrospinal fluid after subarachnoid hemorrhage. J Neurosurg, 100(2), 215-24.
  125. Klimo P Jr, Kestle JR, Schmidt MH (2003). Treatment of metastatic spinal epidural disease: a review of the literature. Neurosurg Focus, 15(5), E1.
  126. Kestle JR (2003). Pediatric hydrocephalus: current management. Neurol Clin, 21(4), 883-95, vii.
  127. Cochrane DD, Kestle JR (2003). The influence of surgical operative experience on the duration of first ventriculoperitoneal shunt function and infection. Pediatr Neurosurg, 38(6), 295-301.
  128. Aldana PR, Kestle JR, Brockmeyer DL, Walker ML (2003). Results of endoscopic septal fenestration in the treatment of isolated ventricular hydrocephalus. Pediatr Neurosurg, 38(6), 286-94.
  129. Kestle JR, Drake JM, Cochrane DD, Milner R, Walker ML, Abbott R 3rd, Boop FA (2003). Lack of benefit of endoscopic ventriculoperitoneal shunt insertion: a multicenter randomized trial. J Neurosurg, 98(2), 284-90.
  130. Kestle J (2003). Tracking resident work hours. AANS Bulletin, 12, 49.
  131. Cochrane DD, Kestle J (2002). Ventricular shunting for hydrocephalus in children: patients, procedures, surgeons and institutions in English Canada, 1989-2001. Eur J Pediatr Surg, 12 Suppl 1, S6-11.
  132. Hentschel S, Steinbok P, Cochrane DD, Kestle J (2002). Reduction of transfusion rates in the surgical correction of sagittal synostosis. J Neurosurg, 97(3), 503-9.
  133. Garton HJ, Kestle JR, Cochrane DD, Steinbok P (2002). A cost-effectiveness analysis of endoscopic third ventriculostomy. Neurosurgery, 51(1), 69-77; discussion 77-8.
  134. Hader WJ, Drake J, Cochrane D, Sparrow O, Johnson ES, Kestle J (2002). Death after late failure of third ventriculostomy in children. Report of three cases. J Neurosurg, 97(1), 211-5.
  135. Arthur AS, Whitehead WE, Kestle JR (2002). Duration of antibiotic therapy for the treatment of shunt infection: a surgeon and patient survey. Pediatr Neurosurg, 36(5), 256-9.
  136. Whitehead WE, Kestle JR (2001). The treatment of cerebrospinal fluid shunt infections. Results from a practice survey of the American Society of Pediatric Neurosurgeons. Pediatr Neurosurg, 35(4), 205-10.
  137. Garton HJ, Kestle JR, Drake JM (2001). Predicting shunt failure on the basis of clinical symptoms and signs in children. J Neurosurg, 94(2), 202-10.
  138. Kestle J, Drake J, Milner R, Sainte-Rose C, Cinalli G, Boop F, Piatt J, Haines S, Schiff S, Cochrane D, Steinbok P, MacNeil N (2000). Long-term follow-up data from the Shunt Design Trial. Pediatr Neurosurg, 33(5), 230-236.
  139. Tyagi A, Drake J, Midha R, Kestle J (2000). Axillary nerve injuries in children. Pediatr Neurosurg, 32(5), 226-9.
  140. Kestle J, Cochrane D, Alisharan R (2000). The initial treatment of hydrocephalus: an assessment of surgeons' preference between third ventriculostomy and shunt insertion. Neurol Res, 22(1), 65-8.
  141. Kestle J, Milner R, Drake J (1999). The shunt design trial: variation in surgical experience did not influence shunt survival. Pediatr Neurosurg, 30(6), 283-7.
  142. Ravindra VM, Awad AW, Baker CM, Lee A, Anderson RCE, Gociman B, Patel KB, Smyth MD, Birgfield C, Pollack IF, Goldstein JA, Imahiverobo T, Siddiqi FA, Kestle JRW for the Synostosis Research Group SynRG (In press). Preoperative Imaging Patterns and Intracranial Findings in Single-Suture Craniosynostosis: A Study From the Synostosis Research Group (SynRG). J Neurosurg Pediatr.

Review

  1. Ravindra VM, Kraus KL, Riva-Cambrin JK, Kestle JR (2015). The Need for Cost-Effective Neurosurgical Innovation--A Global Surgery Initiative. [Review]. World Neurosurg, 84(5), 1458-61.
  2. Binning MJ, Liu JK, Kestle JR, Brockmeyer DL, Walker ML (2007). Optic pathway gliomas: a review. [Review]. Neurosurg Focus, 23(5), E2.
  3. Drake J, Chumas P, Kestle J, Pierre-Kahn A, Vinchon M, Brown J, Pollack IF, Arai H (2006). Late rapid deterioration after endoscopic third ventriculostomy: additional cases and review of the literature. [Review]. J Neurosurg, 105(2 Suppl), 118-26.
  4. Browd SR, Gottfried ON, Ragel BT, Kestle JR (2006). Failure of cerebrospinal fluid shunts: part II: overdrainage, loculation, and abdominal complications. [Review]. Pediatr Neurol, 34(3), 171-6.
  5. Browd SR, Ragel BT, Gottfried ON, Kestle JR (2006). Failure of cerebrospinal fluid shunts: part I: Obstruction and mechanical failure. [Review]. Pediatr Neurol, 34(2), 83-92.
  6. Liu JK, Cole CD, Kestle JR, Brockmeyer DL, Walker ML (2005). Cranial base strategies for resection of craniopharyngioma in children. [Review]. Neurosurg Focus, 18(6A), E9.
  7. Drake JM, Kestle JR, Tuli S (2000). CSF shunts 50 years on--past, present and future. [Review]. Childs Nerv Syst, 16(10-11), 800-4.
  8. Drake JM, Kestle JR, Tuli S (2000). Cerebrospinal fluid shunt technology. [Review]. Clin Neurosurg, 47, 336-45.

Book Chapter

  1. Ravindra VM, Sivakumar W, Kraus KL, Riva-Cambrin JK, Kestle JR (2020). Clinical Management Guidelines. In MM Shoja, RS Tubbs, A Arynchyna (Eds.), Good Paper, Successful Career: Guidelines for Biomedical Students, Residents and Researchers (Chapter 33). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell.
  2. Lo WB, Mathieu F, Riva-Cambrin J, Kestle J, Kulkarni A (01/01/2018). Using multi-center clinical registries to improve outcomes. In Guillaume DJ, Hunt MA (Eds.), Quality and Safety in Neurosurgery (pp. 141-167). Burlington: Academic Press.
  3. Kestle JR (2017). Hydrocephalus in children: etiology and overall management. In Winn H (Ed.), Youman's Neurological Surgery (7th ed.). Philadelphia: Elsevier.
  4. Sivakumar W, Ravindra VM, Riva-Cambrin J, Kestle JR (2016). Ventricular shunting for hydrocephalus. In Cohen A (Ed.), Pediatric Neurosurgery: Tricks of the Trade (pp. 316-). New York: Thieme.
  5. Kalra RS, Kestle J (2014). Treatment of hydrocephalus with shunts. In Albright A, Pollack I, Adelson D (Eds.), Principles and Practice of Pediatric Neurosurgery (3rd). New York: Thieme Medical Publishers.
  6. Garber S, Kestle JRW (2014). Brain stem tumors. In Berger M, Bernstein M (Eds.), Neuro-Oncology: The Essentials (3rd ed, Chapter 27). New York: Thieme.
  7. Kestle JR (2011). Hydrocephalus in children: Approach to the patient. In H.R. Winn (Ed.), Youman's Neurological Surgery (6th ed.). Philadelphia: Elsevier.
  8. Kestle J (2010). Tumors of the cranial vault in children. In Tonn J, Westphal M, Rutka J (Eds.), Oncology of CNS Tumors (2nd ed, Chapter 48, pp. 629-635). Berlin Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag.
  9. Wetjen N, Kestle J (2010). Peri-insular hemispherotomy. In Cateltepe O, Jallo G (Eds.), Pediatric Epilepsy Surgery: Preoperative Assessment and Surgical Treatment (Chapter 28, pp. 251-259). New York: Thieme Medical Publishers.
  10. Kestle JR (2009). Clinical trials in hydrocephalus: What have we learned? In Malucci C, Sgouros S, Abbott IR (Eds.), Cerebrospinal Fluid Disorders (Chapter 26, pp. 488-493). New York: Informa Healthcare.
  11. Kan P, Kestle JRW (2008). Brainstem tumors. In Berger M and Bernstein M (Eds.), Neuro-Oncology: The Essentials (2nd ed, Chapter 26, pp. 277-286). New York: Thieme.
  12. Anderson R, Garton H, Kestle JRW (2007). Treatment of hydrocephalus with shunts. In Albright A, Pollack I, Adelson D (Eds.), Principles and Practices in Pediatric Neurosurgery (2nd). New York: Thieme Medical Publishers.
  13. Rao G, Kestle J (2006). Calvarial tumors in children. In Tonn J, Westphal M, Grossman S, Rutka J (Eds.), Neuro-Oncology of CNS Tumors. Springer.
  14. Browd S, Kestle J (2006). Peri-insular hemispherotomy. In Silbergeld D and Miller J (Eds.), Epilepsy Surgery: Principles and Controversies (pp. 585-588). Taylor and Francis Books.
  15. Rao G, Kestle J (2005). Pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma. In Berger M; Prados M (Ed.), Textbook of Neuro-Oncology. Philadelphia: Elsevier Saunders.
  16. Kestle J, Drake J (2004). Patterns of shunt failure according to the hydrodynamic features of the valve: Lessons from the Shunt Design Trial. In Cinalli G; Maixner W; Sainte-Rose C (Ed.), Pediatric Hydrocephalus. Milano: Springer-Verlag.
  17. Kestle J (2003). Communicating hydrocephalus. In Batjer H; Loftus C (Ed.), Textbook of Neurological Surgery. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
  18. Kestle J (2001). Design of clinical trials. In McLone D; et al (Ed.), Pediatric Neurosurgery: Surgery of the Developing Nervous System. Philadelphia: W. B. Saunders.

Conference Proceedings

  1. Tamber M, Kulkarn A, Browd S, Shannon C, Rozzelle C, Cochrane D, Drake J, Riva-Cambrin J, Oakes WJ, Kestle J, Wellons J, Limbrick D, Holubkov R, Naftel R, Simon T, Luerssen T, Whitehead W (05/04/2016). Hydrocephalus Clinical Research Network (HCRN) Shunt Infection Protocol Implementation Across Pediatric Neurosurgery – A Cross-Sectional Survey. American Association of Neurological Surgeons/Congress of Neurological Surgeons Section on Pediatric Neurological Surgery, Chicago, IL.
  2. Simon TD, Kronman M, Gove N, Whitlock K, Browd S, Holubkov R, Kestle J, Kulkarni A, Langley M, Limbrick D, Luerssen T, Oakes J, Riva-Cambrin J, Rozzelle C, Shannon C, Tamber M, Wellons J, Whitehead W, Hamblett N (05/03/2016). Surgical apparoch to treatment of first cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) shunt infection is associated with reinfection. Pediatric Academic Society, EPAS, 70, 4450-4457.
  3. Simon TD, Kronman M, Whitlock K, Gove N, Browd S, Holubkov R, Kestle J, Kulkarni A, Langley M, Limbrick M, Luerssen T, Oakes J, Riva-Cambrin J, Rozzelle C, Shannon C, Tamber M, Wellons J, Whitehead W, Mayer-Hamblett N (05/01/2016). Adherence to guidelines in treatment for first cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) shunt infection. Pediatric Academic Society, 70, 2165-2168.

Case Report

  1. Gamboa NT, Carlson E, Kestle JR, Kalani MYS (2017). Multiple Cerebral Cavernous Malformations in a Pediatric Patient with Turner Syndrome. Interdiscip Neurosurg, 10(12), 46-48.
  2. Johns D, Blagg R, Kestle JR, Riva-Cambrin JK, Siddiqi F, Gociman B (2015). Distraction Osteogenesis Technique for the Treatment of Nonsyndromic Sagittal Synostosis. Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open, 3(7), e474.
  3. Rocque BG, George TM, Kestle J, Iskandar BJ (2011). Treatment practices for Chiari malformation type I with syringomyelia: results of a survey of the American Society of Pediatric Neurosurgeons. J Neurosurg Pediatr, 8(5), 430-7.
  4. Amini A, Liu JK, Kestle JR (2006). Disseminated medulloblastoma. J Neurooncol, 80(2), 157-8.
  5. Binning MJ, Ragel BT, Walker ML, Kestle JR (2006). Retained peritoneal shunt tubing causing hematuria. Case illustration. J Neurosurg, 104(6 Suppl), 434.
  6. McCall TD, Liu JK, Kestle JR (2006). Sporadic osteochondroma of the cervical spine. Case illustration. J Neurosurg, 104(4 Suppl), 293.
  7. Liu JK, Cole CD, Sherr GT, Kestle JR, Walker ML (2005). Noncommunicating spinal extradural arachnoid cyst causing spinal cord compression in a child. J Neurosurg, 103(3 Suppl), 266-9.
  8. Fassett DR, Pingree J, Kestle JR (2005). The high incidence of tumor dissemination in myxopapillary ependymoma in pediatric patients. Report of five cases and review of the literature. J Neurosurg, 102(1 Suppl), 59-64.
  9. Anderson RC, Walker ML, Viner JM, Kestle JR (2004). Adjustment and malfunction of a programmable valve after exposure to toy magnets. Case report. J Neurosurg, 101(2 Suppl), 222-5.
  10. Gluf WM, Kestle JR (2002). 'Cortical thumb sign' in X-linked hydrocephalus. Pediatr Neurosurg, 37(2), 107-8.

Editorial

  1. Kestle JRW (2019). Editorial. Implementation of quality improvement protocols. J Neurosurg Pediatr, 1-2.
  2. Kestle JRW, Kulkarni AV, Warf BC (2016). Pediatric hydrocephalus: a continuing evolution in our understanding and management. Neurosurg Focus, 41(5), E1.
  3. Kestle JR (2016). Editorial: The learning curve in surgical randomized controlled trials. J Neurosurg Pediatr, 18(2), 145.
  4. Kestle JR (2015). Editorial: Food and Drug Administration Safety Communication on rhBMP-2 use. 16(1), 1-3.
  5. Kestle JR (2015). Editorial: Bed rest after filum surgery. 15(5), 459; discussion 460.
  6. Kestle JR (2015). Administrative database research. 122(2), 441-2.
  7. Kestle JR (2015). Editorial: industry-sponsored research. 122(1), 136-8.
  8. Kestle JRW (2014). Counterpoint: Shunts Are Not Going Away So We Need to Do Them Well. AANS Neurosurgeon, 23(1).
  9. Kestle JR (2013). Shunt insertion. J Neurosurg, 119(1), 64.
  10. Kestle JR (2012). Abdominal binders. J Neurosurg Pediatr, 9(6), 613; discussion 614.
  11. Kestle JR (2012). Editorial: intraventricular hemorrhage and posthemorrhagic hydrocephalus. J Neurosurg Pediatr, 9(3), 239-40; discussion 240-1.
  12. Kestle JR (2012). Retethering after filum cutting. World Neurosurg, 77(1), 82.
  13. Kestle J (2011). The less you look, the less you find. J Neurosurg, 115(5), 1038-1039.
  14. Kestle JR (2011). Pooling data on antibiotic-impregnated shunts. J Neurosurg Pediatr, 8(3), 257-8; discussion 258.
  15. Kestle JR (2010). Shunt malfunction. J Neurosurg, 113(6), 1270-1; discussion 1271-2.
  16. Kestle JR (2010). Antibiotic-impregnated external ventricular drains. J Neurosurg, 113(1), 85; discussion 85.
  17. Kestle JR (2008). It's randomized and double blinded... what more do we want? J Neurosurg Pediatr, 2(2), 109; discussion 110.

Letter

  1. Riva-Cambrin J, Kestle JRW, Simon TD, The Hydrocephalus Clinical Research Network (2016). Author's response to editorial [Letter to the editor]. J Neurosurg Pediatr, 17(4), 380-381.
  2. Riva-Cambrin J, Kestle JR (2014). In reply. [Letter to the editor]. Neurosurgery, 74(1), E153-4.

Abstract

  1. Maese L, Bruggers C, Putnam A, Kestle J, Moore K (06/01/2015). Extended bevacizumab and irinotecan therapy in pediatric pilomyxoid astrocytoma. [Abstract]. Ped Blood & Cancer, 62, 83.
  2. Barkan H, Kestle J, Van Orman C, Filloux F, Sparrow S, Combe S, Hedlund G, Burr R, Johnson M, Orton K, Sweney M, Reilly M, Collier AM, Euler M, Funke M (02/12/2013). Validation of magnetoencephalography (MEG) as presurgical evaluation tool in pediatric patients with localization-related intractable epilepsy. [Abstract]. Neurology, 80, PD4. 004.
  3. Yong RL, Habrock-Bach T, Vaughan M, Kestle JR, Steinbok P (06/01/2011). Symptomatic retethering of the spinal cord after section of a tight filum terminale. [Abstract]. Neurosurgery, 68, 1594-1601.
  4. Simon TD, Whitlock K, Riva-Cambrin J, Kestle J, Rosenfeld M, Dean JM, Holubkov R, Langley M, Hamblett N (2010). Risk factors for CSF shunt infection in patients undergoing CSF shunt placement. [Abstract]. Pediatric Academic Societies, 65, 4502.89.
  5. Kestle J, Van Orman C (2005). Surgery for localized epilepsy in children. [Abstract]. Childs Nerv Syst, 21, 846.
  6. Basheer S, Connolly M, Sherman E, Hendson G, Kestle J, Steinbok P (2004). Hemispheric surgery for instractable epilepsy: outcome and complications. [Abstract]. Can J Neurol Sci, 31, S1.
  7. Cochrane D, Kestle J (2002). Ventricular shunting for hydrocephalus in children: patients, procedures, surgeons and institutions. [Abstract]. Can J Neurol Sci, 29, S20.
  8. Aldana PR, Kestle J, Brockmeyer DL, Walker ML (2002). Results of endoscopic septostomy in the treatment of isolated ventricular hydrocephalus. [Abstract]. Childs Nerv Syst, 18, 547.
  9. Kestle J, Drake J (2001). Axillary nerve injuries in children. [Abstract]. Nervous System in Children (Journal of the Japanese Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery), 26, 246.
  10. Kestle J (2001). Endoscopic shunt insertion trial. [Abstract]. Nervous System in Children (Journa of the Japanese Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery), 26, 251.
  11. Kestle J for the Strata Valve Study Group (2001). Clinical experience with the Strata valve. [Abstract]. Nervous System in Children (Journal of the Japanese Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery), 26, 255.
  12. Kestle J (2001). Pediatric peri-insular hemispherotomy [Abstract]. Nervous System in Children (Journal of the Japanese Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery), 26, 297.
  13. Kestle J, Drake J, Cochrane D, Milner R for the ESIT participants (2001). The Endoscopic Shunt Insertion Trial: primary results.β [Abstract]. Neurosurgery, 49, 530.

Other

  1. Walicke P, Abosch A, Asher A, Barker FG 2nd, Ghogawala Z, Harbaugh R, Jehi L, Kestle J, Koroshetz W, Little R, Rubin D, Valadka A, Wisniewski S, Chiocca EA, Workshop Participants (2017). Launching Effectiveness Research to Guide Practice in Neurosurgery: A National Institute Neurological Disorders and Stroke Workshop Report. Neurosurgery (80(4), pp. 505-514). United States.

Global Impact

Education History

Fellowship Hospital for Sick Children
Pediatric Neurosurgery
Fellow
Fellowship The Toronto Hospital
Peripheral Nerve Surgery
Fellow
Residency University of Toronto
Neurosurgery
Resident
Graduate Training McMaster University
Biostatistics and Epidemiology
M.S.
Internship St. Michael's Hospital
Surgery
Intern
Professional Medical University of Western Ontario

M.D.
Undergraduate University of Western Ontario
Biology
B.S.

Selected Provider Publications

Journal Article

  1. Ravindra VM, Bollo RJ, Sivakumar W, Akbari H, Naftel RP, Limbrick DD Jr, Jea A, Gannon S, Shannon C, Birkas Y, Yang GL, Prather CT, Kestle JR, Riva-Cambrin J (2017). Predicting Blunt Cerebrovascular Injury in Pediatric Trauma: Validation of the "Utah Score". J Neurotrauma, 34(2), 391-399.
    Global Impact: Global.

  2. Simon TD, Kronman MP, Whitlock KB, Gove N, Browd SR, Holubkov R, Kestle JR, Kulkarni AV, Langley M, Limbrick DD Jr, Luerssen TG, Oakes J, Riva-Cambrin J, Rozzelle C, Shannon C, Tamber M, Wellons JC 3rd, Whitehead WE, Mayer-Hamblett N, Hydrocephalus Clinical Research Network HCRN (2016). Variability in Management of First Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunt Infection: A Prospective Multi-Institutional Observational Cohort Study. J Pediatr, 179, 185-191.e2.
    Global Impact: Global.

  3. Johns D, Anstadt E, Donato D, Kestle J, Riva-Cambrin J, Siddiqi F, Gociman B (2016). Early Posterior Vault Distraction Osteogenesis for the Treatment of Syndromic Craniosynostosis. Craniomaxillofac Trauma Reconstr, 9(3), 219-23.
    Global Impact: Global.

  4. Riva-Cambrin J, Kestle JR, Holubkov R, Butler J, Kulkarni AV, Drake J, Whitehead WE, Wellons JC 3rd, Shannon CN, Tamber MS, Limbrick DD Jr, Rozzelle C, Browd SR, Simon TD, Hydrocephalus Clinical Research Network (2016). Risk factors for shunt malfunction in pediatric hydrocephalus: a multicenter prospective cohort study. J Neurosurg Pediatr, 17(4), 382-90.
    Global Impact: Global.

  5. Kestle JR, Holubkov R, Douglas Cochrane D, Kulkarni AV, Limbrick DD Jr, Luerssen TG, Jerry Oakes W, Riva-Cambrin J, Rozzelle C, Simon TD, Walker ML, Wellons JC 3rd, Browd SR, Drake JM, Shannon CN, Tamber MS, Whitehead WE (2016). A new Hydrocephalus Clinical Research Network protocol to reduce cerebrospinal fluid shunt infection. J Neurosurg Pediatr, 17(4), 391-6.
    Global Impact: Global.

  6. McAllister JP 2nd, Williams MA, Walker ML, Kestle JR, Relkin NR, Anderson AM, Gross PH, Browd SR, Hydrocephalus Symposium Expert Panel (2015). An update on research priorities in hydrocephalus: overview of the third National Institutes of Health-sponsored symposium "Opportunities for Hydrocephalus Research: Pathways to Better Outcomes". J Neurosurg, 123(6), 1427-38.
    Global Impact: Global.

  7. Kestle JRW (2015). Editorial: Measuring resident operative skills. 16(5), 495-496.
    Global Impact: Global.

  8. Steinbok P, Durity F, Kestle J, Cochrane DD (2015). Pediatric neurosurgery at British Columbia's Children's Hospital. Childs Nerv Syst, 31(9), 1419-27.
    Global Impact: Global.

  9. Bowers C, Taussky P, Kestle JR, Park MS (2015). A Neurosurgical Call to Arms: Lessons from ARUBA, Mr. Clean, and the Hydrocephalus Clinical Research Network. World Neurosurg, 84(2), 202-4.
    Global Impact: Global.

  10. Gopalakrishnan CV, Kestle JR, Connolly MB (2015). The "vagal ansa": a source of complication in vagus nerve stimulation. J Neurosurg Pediatr, 15(5), 535-8.
    Global Impact: Global.

  11. Spader HS, Hertzler DA, Kestle JR, Riva-Cambrin J (2015). Risk factors for infection and the effect of an institutional shunt protocol on the incidence of ventricular access device infections in preterm infants. J Neurosurg Pediatr, 15(2), 156-60.
    Global Impact: Global.

  12. Gociman B, Blagg R, Agko M, Goodwin I, Kestle JR, Siddiqi F (2014). The metopic angle: a novel assessment tool of the trigonocephalic frontal deformity and its correction. J Craniofac Surg, 25(6), 2101-4.
    Global Impact: Global.

  13. Kulkarni AV, Riva-Cambrin J, Browd SR, Drake JM, Holubkov R, Kestle JR, Limbrick DD, Rozzelle CJ, Simon TD, Tamber MS, Wellons JC 3rd, Whitehead WE (2014). Endoscopic third ventriculostomy and choroid plexus cauterization in infants with hydrocephalus: a retrospective Hydrocephalus Clinical Research Network study. J Neurosurg Pediatr, 14(3), 224-9.
    Global Impact: Global.

  14. Whitehead WE, Riva-Cambrin J, Wellons JC 3rd, Kulkarni AV, Browd S, Limbrick D, Rozzelle C, Tamber MS, Simon TD, Shannon CN, Holubkov R, Oakes WJ, Luerssen TG, Walker ML, Drake JM, Kestle JR (2014). Factors associated with ventricular catheter movement and inaccurate catheter location: post hoc analysis of the hydrocephalus clinical research network ultrasound-guided shunt placement study. J Neurosurg Pediatr, 14(2), 173-8.
    Global Impact: Global.

  15. Simon TD, Butler J, Whitlock KB, Browd SR, Holubkov R, Kestle JR, Kulkarni AV, Langley M, Limbrick DD Jr, Mayer-Hamblett N, Tamber M, Wellons JC 3rd, Whitehead WE, Riva-Cambrin J, Hydrocephalus Clinical Research Network (2014). Risk factors for first cerebrospinal fluid shunt infection: findings from a multi-center prospective cohort study. J Pediatr, 164(6), 1462-8.e2.
    Global Impact: Global.

  16. Simon TD, Mayer-Hamblett N, Whitlock KB, Langley M, Kestle JR, Riva-Cambrin J, Rosenfeld M, Thorell EA (2014). Few Patient, Treatment, and Diagnostic or Microbiological Factors, Except Complications and Intermittent Negative Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF) Cultures During First CSF Shunt Infection, Are Associated With Reinfection. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc, 3(1), 15-22.
    Global Impact: Global.

  17. Gross P, Reed GT, Engelmann R, Kestle JR (2014). Hydrocephalus research funding from the National Institutes of Health: a 10-year perspective. J Neurosurg Pediatr, 13(2), 145-50.
    Global Impact: Global.

  18. Al-Tamimi YZ, Sinha P, Chumas PD, Crimmins D, Drake J, Kestle J, Hayward R, Solanki GA, Thomson S, Thorne J (2014). Ventriculoperitoneal shunt 30-day failure rate: a retrospective international cohort study. Neurosurgery, 74(1), 29-34.
    Global Impact: Global.

  19. Whitehead WE, Riva-Cambrin J, Wellons JC 3rd, Kulkarni AV, Holubkov R, Illner A, Oakes WJ, Luerssen TG, Walker ML, Drake JM, Kestle JR (2013). No significant improvement in the rate of accurate ventricular catheter location using ultrasound-guided CSF shunt insertion: a prospective, controlled study by the Hydrocephalus Clinical Research Network. J Neurosurg Pediatr, 12(6), 565-74.
    Global Impact: Global.

  20. Kulkarni AV, Riva-Cambrin J, Butler J, Browd SR, Drake JM, Holubkov R, Kestle JR, Limbrick DD, Simon TD, Tamber MS, Wellons JC 3rd, Whitehead WE (2013). Outcomes of CSF shunting in children: comparison of Hydrocephalus Clinical Research Network cohort with historical controls: clinical article. J Neurosurg Pediatr, 12(4), 334-8.
    Global Impact: Global.

  21. Kalra RR, Kestle JR (2013). An assessment of academic productivity in pediatric neurosurgery. J Neurosurg Pediatr, 12(3), 262-5.
    Global Impact: Global.

  22. Gociman B, Agko M, Blagg R, Garlick J, Kestle JR, Siddiqi F (2013). Endoscopic-assisted correction of metopic synostosis. J Craniofac Surg, 24(3), 763-8.
    Global Impact: Global.

  23. Cress M, Kestle JR, Holubkov R, Riva-Cambrin J (2013). Risk factors for pediatric arachnoid cyst rupture/hemorrhage: a case-control study. Neurosurgery, 72(5), 716-22; discussion 722.
    Global Impact: Global.

  24. Wellons JC 3rd, Holubkov R, Browd SR, Riva-Cambrin J, Whitehead W, Kestle J, Kulkarni AV (2013). The assessment of bulging fontanel and splitting of sutures in premature infants: an interrater reliability study by the Hydrocephalus Clinical Research Network. J Neurosurg Pediatr, 11(1), 12-4.
    Global Impact: Global.

  25. Verma A, Zhou H, Chin S, Bruggers C, Kestle J, Khatua S (2012). EGFR as a predictor of relapse in myxopapillary ependymoma. Pediatr Blood Cancer, 59(4), 746-8.
    Global Impact: Global.

  26. Simon TD, Whitlock KB, Riva-Cambrin J, Kestle JR, Rosenfeld M, Dean JM, Holubkov R, Langley M, Hamblett NM (2012). Revision surgeries are associated with significant increased risk of subsequent cerebrospinal fluid shunt infection. Pediatr Infect Dis J, 31(6), 551-6.
    Global Impact: Global.

  27. Brockmeyer DL, Ragel BT, Kestle J (2012). The Pediatric Cervical Spine Instability Study: a pilot study assessing the prognostic value of four imaging modalities in clearing the cervical spine for children with severe traumatic injuries. Childs Nerv Syst, 28(5), 699-705.
    Global Impact: Global.

  28. Gociman B, Marengo J, Ying J, Kestle JR, Siddiqi F (2012). Minimally invasive strip craniectomy for sagittal synostosis. J Craniofac Surg, 23(3), 825-8.
    Global Impact: Global.

  29. Riva-Cambrin J, Shannon CN, Holubkov R, Whitehead WE, Kulkarni AV, Drake J, Simon TD, Browd SR, Kestle JR, Wellons JC 3rd (2012). Center effect and other factors influencing temporization and shunting of cerebrospinal fluid in preterm infants with intraventricular hemorrhage. J Neurosurg Pediatr, 9(5), 473-81.
    Global Impact: Global.

  30. Brockmeyer DL, Ragel BT, Kestle JR (2012). The pediatric cervical spine instability study. A pilot study assessing the prognostic value of four imaging modalities in clearing the cervical spine for children with severe traumatic injuries. Childs Nerv Syst, 28(5), 699-705.
    Global Impact: Global.

  31. Simon TD, Whitlock KB, Riva-Cambrin J, Kestle JR, Rosenfeld M, Dean JM, Holubkov R, Langley M, Mayer-Hamblett N (2012). Association of intraventricular hemorrhage secondary to prematurity with cerebrospinal fluid shunt surgery in the first year following initial shunt placement. J Neurosurg Pediatr, 9(1), 54-63.
    Global Impact: Global.

  32. Kestle JR (2011). The less you look, the less you find. J Neurosurg, 115(5), 1038-9; author reply 1039.
    Global Impact: Global.

  33. Tuan TJ, Thorell EA, Hamblett NM, Kestle JR, Rosenfeld M, Simon TD (2011). Treatment and microbiology of repeated cerebrospinal fluid shunt infections in children. Pediatr Infect Dis J, 30(9), 731-5.
    Global Impact: Global.

  34. Khatua S, Moore KR, Vats TS, Kestle JR (2011). Diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma-current status and future strategies. Childs Nerv Syst, 27(9), 1391-7.
    Global Impact: Global.

  35. Kestle JR, Riva-Cambrin J, Wellons JC 3rd, Kulkarni AV, Whitehead WE, Walker ML, Oakes WJ, Drake JM, Luerssen TG, Simon TD, Holubkov R, Hydrocephalus Clinical Research Network (2011). A standardized protocol to reduce cerebrospinal fluid shunt infection: the Hydrocephalus Clinical Research Network Quality Improvement Initiative. J Neurosurg Pediatr, 8(1), 22-9.
    Global Impact: Global.

  36. Yong RL, Habrock-Bach T, Vaughan M, Kestle JR, Steinbok P (2011). Symptomatic retethering of the spinal cord after section of a tight filum terminale. Neurosurgery, 68(6), 1594-601; discussion 1601-2.
    Global Impact: Global.

  37. Hutchison JS, Frndova H, Lo TY, Guerguerian AM, Hypothermia Pediatric Head Injury Trial Investigators, Canadian Critical Care Trials Group Kestle JR (2011). Impact of hypotension and low cerebral perfusion pressure on outcomes in children treated with hypothermia therapy following severe traumatic brain injury: a post hoc analysis of the Hypothermia Pediatric Head Injury Trial. Dev Neurosci, 32(5-6), 406-412.
    Global Impact: Global.

  38. Chen HH, Riva-Cambrin J, Brockmeyer D, Walker M, Kestle J (04/01/2011). Shunt failure due to intracranial migration of BioGlide® ventricular catheters. J Neurosurg Pediatr, 7(4), 408-412.
    Global Impact: Global.

  39. Adzick NS, Thom EA, Spong CY, Brock JW 3rd, Burrows PK, Johnson MP, Howell LJ, Farrell JA, Dabrowiak ME, Sutton LN, Gupta N, Tulipan NB, DAlton ME, Farmer DL, MOMS Investigators Kestle JR (2011). A randomized trial of prenatal versus postnatal repair of myelomeningocele. N Engl J Med, 364(11), 993-1004.
    Global Impact: Global.

  40. Kulkarni AV, Drake JM, Kestle JR, Mallucci CL, Sgouros S, Constantini S (2010). Predicting who will benefit from endoscopic third ventriculostomy compared with shunt insertion in childhood hydrocephalus using the ETV Success Score. J Neurosurg Pediatr, 6(4), 310-5.
    Global Impact: Global.

  41. Simon TD, Hall M, Dean JM, Kestle JR, Riva-Cambrin J (2010). Reinfection following initial cerebrospinal fluid shunt infection. J Neurosurg Pediatr, 6(3), 277-85.
    Global Impact: Global.

  42. Kulkarni AV, Drake JM, Kestle JR, Mallucci CL, Sgouros S, Constantini S (2010). Endoscopic third ventriculostomy vs cerebrospinal fluid shunt in the treatment of hydrocephalus in children: a propensity score-adjusted analysis. Neurosurgery, 67(3), 588-93.
    Global Impact: Global.

  43. Simon TD, Hall M, Riva-Cambrin J, Albert JE, Jeffries HE, Lafleur B, Dean JM, Kestle JR, Hydrocephalus Clinical Research Network (2009). Infection rates following initial cerebrospinal fluid shunt placement across pediatric hospitals in the United States. Clinical article. J Neurosurg Pediatr, 4(2), 156-65.
    Global Impact: Global.

  44. La Barge DV 3rd, Ng PP, Stevens EA, Friedline NK, Kestle JR, Schmidt RH (2009). Extended intracranial applications for ethylene vinyl alcohol copolymer (Onyx): mycotic and dissecting aneurysms. Technical note. J Neurosurg, 111(1), 114-8.
    Global Impact: Global.

  45. Wellons JC, Shannon CN, Kulkarni AV, Simon TD, Riva-Cambrin J, Whitehead WE, Oakes WJ, Drake JM, Luerssen TG, Walker ML, Kestle JR (2009). A multicenter retrospective comparison of conversion from temporary to permanent cerebrospinal fluid diversion in very low birth weight infants with posthemorrhagic hydrocephalus. J Neurosurg Pediatr, 4(1), 50-5.
    Global Impact: Global.

  46. Vachhrajani S, Kulkarni AV, Kestle JR (2009). Clinical practice guidelines. J Neurosurg Pediatr, 3(4), 249-56.
    Global Impact: Global.

  47. Drake J, Kulkarni A, Kestle J (2009). Endoscopic third ventriculostomy versus ventriculoperitoneal shunt in pediatric patients: a decision analysis. Childs Nerv Syst, 25, 467-472.
    Global Impact: Global.

  48. Kestle J (2008). Ventriculoperitoneal shunt in children: indications, equipment and techniques. Pan Arab Journal of Neurosurgery, 12(2), Supplement Ap.
    Global Impact: Global.

  49. Kan P, Van Orman C, Kestle JR (2008). Outcomes after surgery for focal epilepsy in children. Childs Nerv Syst, 24(5), 587-91.
    Global Impact: Global.

  50. Simon TD, Riva-Cambrin J, Srivastava R, Bratton SL, Dean JM, Kestle JR (2008). Hospital care for children with hydrocephalus in the United States: utilization, charges, comorbidities, and deaths. J Neurosurg Pediatr, 1(2), 131-7.
    Global Impact: Global.

  51. Kan P, Simonsen SE, Lyon JL, Kestle JR (2008). Cellular phone use and brain tumor: a meta-analysis. J Neurooncol, 86(1), 71-8.
    Global Impact: Global.

  52. Williams MA, McAllister JP, Walker ML, Kranz DA, Bergsneider M, Del Bigio MR, Fleming L, Frim DM, Gwinn K, Kestle JR, Luciano MG, Madsen JR, Oster-Granite ML, Spinella G (2007). Priorities for hydrocephalus research: report from a National Institutes of Health-sponsored workshop. J Neurosurg, 107(5 Suppl), 345-57.
    Global Impact: Global.

  53. Binning M, Ragel B, Brockmeyer DL, Walker ML, Kestle JR (2007). Evaluation of the necessity of postoperative imaging after craniosynostosis surgery. J Neurosurg, 107(1 Suppl), 43-5.
    Global Impact: Global.

  54. Kan P, Walker ML, Drake JM, Kestle JR (2007). Predicting slitlike ventricles in children on the basis of baseline characteristics at the time of shunt insertion. J Neurosurg, 106(5 Suppl), 347-9.
    Global Impact: Global.

  55. Kan P, Kestle JR (2007). Designing randomized clinical trials in pediatric neurosurgery. Childs Nerv Syst, 23(4), 385-90.
    Global Impact: Global.

  56. Kan P, Amini A, Hansen K, White GL Jr, Brockmeyer DL, Walker ML, Kestle JR (2006). Outcomes after decompressive craniectomy for severe traumatic brain injury in children. J Neurosurg, 105(5 Suppl), 337-42.
    Global Impact: Global.

  57. Kestle JR, Garton HJ, Whitehead WE, Drake JM, Kulkarni AV, Cochrane DD, Muszynski C, Walker ML (2006). Management of shunt infections: a multicenter pilot study. J Neurosurg, 105(3 Suppl), 177-81.
    Global Impact: Global.

  58. Kestle JR, Cochrane DD, Drake JM (2006). Shunt insertion in the summer: is it safe? J Neurosurg, 105(3 Suppl), 165-8.
    Global Impact: Global.

  59. McCall T, Rao G, Kestle J (2006). Work hour restrictions: Impact on neurosurgical resident training at the University of Utah. AANS Bulletin, 14(4), 17-22.
    Global Impact: Global.

  60. Kestle JRW, Cochrane DD, Drake JM (2006). Response to editorial: summer shunting. J Neurosurg, 105, 163-164.
    Global Impact: Global.

  61. Klimo P Jr, Kestle JR (2005). Potentially useful outcome measures for clinical research in pediatric neurosurgery. J Neurosurg, 103(3 Suppl), 207-12.
    Global Impact: Global.

  62. Kestle JR, Walker ML (2005). A multicenter prospective cohort study of the Strata valve for the management of hydrocephalus in pediatric patients. J Neurosurg, 102(2 Suppl), 141-5.
    Global Impact: Global.

  63. Fassett D, Pingree J, Kestle J (2005). High incidence of tumor dissemination in myxopapillary ependymoma in children. J Neurosurg Pediatr, 102, 59-64.
    Global Impact: Global.

  64. Klimo P Jr, Thompson CJ, Kestle JR, Schmidt MH (2005). A meta-analysis of surgery versus conventional radiotherapy for the treatment of metastatic spinal epidural disease. Neuro-Oncol, 7(1), 64-76.
    Global Impact: Global.

  65. Klimo P Jr, Thompson CJ, Drake J, Kestle JR (2004). Assessing the validity of the endoscopic shunt insertion trial: did surgical experience affect the results? J Neurosurg, 101(2 Suppl), 130-3.
    Global Impact: Global.

  66. Anderson RC, Kan P, Klimo P, Brockmeyer DL, Walker ML, Kestle JR (2004). Complications of intracranial pressure monitoring in children with head trauma. J Neurosurg, 101(1 Suppl), 53-8.
    Global Impact: Global.

  67. Kestle J, Townsend JJ, Brockmeyer DL, Walker ML (2004). Juvenile pilocytic astrocytoma of the brainstem in children. J Neurosurg, 101(1 Suppl), 1-6.
    Global Impact: Global.

  68. Liu JK, Tenner MS, Gottfried ON, Stevens EA, Rosenow JM, Madan N, MacDonald JD, Kestle JR, Couldwell WT (2004). Efficacy of multiple intraarterial papaverine infusions for improvement in cerebral circulation time in patients with recurrent cerebral vasospasm. J Neurosurg, 100(3), 414-21.
    Global Impact: Global.

  69. Klimo P Jr, Kestle JR, MacDonald JD, Schmidt RH (2004). Marked reduction of cerebral vasospasm with lumbar drainage of cerebrospinal fluid after subarachnoid hemorrhage. J Neurosurg, 100(2), 215-24.
    Global Impact: Global.

  70. Klimo P Jr, Kestle JR, Schmidt MH (2003). Treatment of metastatic spinal epidural disease: a review of the literature. Neurosurg Focus, 15(5), E1.
    Global Impact: Global.

  71. Kestle JR (2003). Pediatric hydrocephalus: current management. Neurol Clin, 21(4), 883-95, vii.
    Global Impact: Global.

  72. Cochrane DD, Kestle JR (2003). The influence of surgical operative experience on the duration of first ventriculoperitoneal shunt function and infection. Pediatr Neurosurg, 38(6), 295-301.
    Global Impact: Global.

  73. Aldana PR, Kestle JR, Brockmeyer DL, Walker ML (2003). Results of endoscopic septal fenestration in the treatment of isolated ventricular hydrocephalus. Pediatr Neurosurg, 38(6), 286-94.
    Global Impact: Global.

  74. Kestle JR, Drake JM, Cochrane DD, Milner R, Walker ML, Abbott R 3rd, Boop FA (2003). Lack of benefit of endoscopic ventriculoperitoneal shunt insertion: a multicenter randomized trial. J Neurosurg, 98(2), 284-90.
    Global Impact: Global.

  75. Kestle J (2003). Tracking resident work hours. AANS Bulletin, 12, 49.
    Global Impact: Global.

  76. Cochrane DD, Kestle J (2002). Ventricular shunting for hydrocephalus in children: patients, procedures, surgeons and institutions in English Canada, 1989-2001. Eur J Pediatr Surg, 12 Suppl 1, S6-11.
    Global Impact: Global.

  77. Hentschel S, Steinbok P, Cochrane DD, Kestle J (2002). Reduction of transfusion rates in the surgical correction of sagittal synostosis. J Neurosurg, 97(3), 503-9.
    Global Impact: Global.

  78. Garton HJ, Kestle JR, Cochrane DD, Steinbok P (2002). A cost-effectiveness analysis of endoscopic third ventriculostomy. Neurosurgery, 51(1), 69-77; discussion 77-8.
    Global Impact: Global.

  79. Hader WJ, Drake J, Cochrane D, Sparrow O, Johnson ES, Kestle J (2002). Death after late failure of third ventriculostomy in children. Report of three cases. J Neurosurg, 97(1), 211-5.
    Global Impact: Global.

  80. Arthur AS, Whitehead WE, Kestle JR (2002). Duration of antibiotic therapy for the treatment of shunt infection: a surgeon and patient survey. Pediatr Neurosurg, 36(5), 256-9.
    Global Impact: Global.

  81. Whitehead WE, Kestle JR (2001). The treatment of cerebrospinal fluid shunt infections. Results from a practice survey of the American Society of Pediatric Neurosurgeons. Pediatr Neurosurg, 35(4), 205-10.
    Global Impact: Global.

  82. Garton HJ, Kestle JR, Drake JM (2001). Predicting shunt failure on the basis of clinical symptoms and signs in children. J Neurosurg, 94(2), 202-10.
    Global Impact: Global.

  83. Tyagi A, Drake J, Midha R, Kestle J (2000). Axillary nerve injuries in children. Pediatr Neurosurg, 32(5), 226-9.
    Global Impact: Global.

  84. Kestle J, Cochrane D, Alisharan R (2000). The initial treatment of hydrocephalus: an assessment of surgeons' preference between third ventriculostomy and shunt insertion. Neurol Res, 22(1), 65-8.
    Global Impact: Global.

Review

  1. Ravindra VM, Kraus KL, Riva-Cambrin JK, Kestle JR (2015). The Need for Cost-Effective Neurosurgical Innovation--A Global Surgery Initiative. [Review]. World Neurosurg, 84(5), 1458-61.
    Global Impact: Global.

  2. Binning MJ, Liu JK, Kestle JR, Brockmeyer DL, Walker ML (2007). Optic pathway gliomas: a review. [Review]. Neurosurg Focus, 23(5), E2.
    Global Impact: Global.

  3. Drake J, Chumas P, Kestle J, Pierre-Kahn A, Vinchon M, Brown J, Pollack IF, Arai H (2006). Late rapid deterioration after endoscopic third ventriculostomy: additional cases and review of the literature. [Review]. J Neurosurg, 105(2 Suppl), 118-26.
    Global Impact: Global.

  4. Browd SR, Gottfried ON, Ragel BT, Kestle JR (2006). Failure of cerebrospinal fluid shunts: part II: overdrainage, loculation, and abdominal complications. [Review]. Pediatr Neurol, 34(3), 171-6.
    Global Impact: Global.

  5. Browd SR, Ragel BT, Gottfried ON, Kestle JR (2006). Failure of cerebrospinal fluid shunts: part I: Obstruction and mechanical failure. [Review]. Pediatr Neurol, 34(2), 83-92.
    Global Impact: Global.

  6. Liu JK, Cole CD, Kestle JR, Brockmeyer DL, Walker ML (2005). Cranial base strategies for resection of craniopharyngioma in children. [Review]. Neurosurg Focus, 18(6A), E9.
    Global Impact: Global.

  7. Drake JM, Kestle JR, Tuli S (2000). CSF shunts 50 years on--past, present and future. [Review]. Childs Nerv Syst, 16(10-11), 800-4.
    Global Impact: Global.

  8. Drake JM, Kestle JR, Tuli S (2000). Cerebrospinal fluid shunt technology. [Review]. Clin Neurosurg, 47, 336-45.
    Global Impact: Global.

Book Chapter

  1. Ravindra VM, Sivakumar W, Kraus KL, Riva-Cambrin JK, Kestle JR (2020). Clinical Management Guidelines. In MM Shoja, RS Tubbs, A Arynchyna (Eds.), Good Paper, Successful Career: Guidelines for Biomedical Students, Residents and Researchers (Chapter 33). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell.
    Global Impact: Global.

  2. Kestle JR (2017). Hydrocephalus in children: etiology and overall management. In Winn H (Ed.), Youman's Neurological Surgery (7th ed.). Philadelphia: Elsevier.
    Global Impact: Global.

  3. Sivakumar W, Ravindra VM, Riva-Cambrin J, Kestle JR (2016). Ventricular shunting for hydrocephalus. In Cohen A (Ed.), Pediatric Neurosurgery: Tricks of the Trade (pp. 316-). New York: Thieme.
    Global Impact: Global.

  4. Kalra RS, Kestle J (2014). Treatment of hydrocephalus with shunts. In Albright A, Pollack I, Adelson D (Eds.), Principles and Practice of Pediatric Neurosurgery (3rd). New York: Thieme Medical Publishers.
    Global Impact: Global.

  5. Garber S, Kestle JRW (2014). Brain stem tumors. In Berger M, Bernstein M (Eds.), Neuro-Oncology: The Essentials (3rd ed, Chapter 27). New York: Thieme.
    Global Impact: Global.

  6. Kestle JR (2011). Hydrocephalus in children: Approach to the patient. In H.R. Winn (Ed.), Youman's Neurological Surgery (6th ed.). Philadelphia: Elsevier.
    Global Impact: Global.

  7. Kestle J (2010). Tumors of the cranial vault in children. In Tonn J, Westphal M, Rutka J (Eds.), Oncology of CNS Tumors (2nd ed, Chapter 48, pp. 629-635). Berlin Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag.
    Global Impact: Global.

  8. Wetjen N, Kestle J (2010). Peri-insular hemispherotomy. In Cateltepe O, Jallo G (Eds.), Pediatric Epilepsy Surgery: Preoperative Assessment and Surgical Treatment (Chapter 28, pp. 251-259). New York: Thieme Medical Publishers.
    Global Impact: Global.

  9. Kestle JR (2009). Clinical trials in hydrocephalus: What have we learned? In Malucci C, Sgouros S, Abbott IR (Eds.), Cerebrospinal Fluid Disorders (Chapter 26, pp. 488-493). New York: Informa Healthcare.
    Global Impact: Global.

  10. Kan P, Kestle JRW (2008). Brainstem tumors. In Berger M and Bernstein M (Eds.), Neuro-Oncology: The Essentials (2nd ed, Chapter 26, pp. 277-286). New York: Thieme.
    Global Impact: Global.

  11. Anderson R, Garton H, Kestle JRW (2007). Treatment of hydrocephalus with shunts. In Albright A, Pollack I, Adelson D (Eds.), Principles and Practices in Pediatric Neurosurgery (2nd). New York: Thieme Medical Publishers.
    Global Impact: Global.

  12. Rao G, Kestle J (2006). Calvarial tumors in children. In Tonn J, Westphal M, Grossman S, Rutka J (Eds.), Neuro-Oncology of CNS Tumors. Springer.
    Global Impact: Global.

  13. Browd S, Kestle J (2006). Peri-insular hemispherotomy. In Silbergeld D and Miller J (Eds.), Epilepsy Surgery: Principles and Controversies (pp. 585-588). Taylor and Francis Books.
    Global Impact: Global.

  14. Rao G, Kestle J (2005). Pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma. In Berger M; Prados M (Ed.), Textbook of Neuro-Oncology. Philadelphia: Elsevier Saunders.
    Global Impact: Global.

  15. Kestle J, Drake J (2004). Patterns of shunt failure according to the hydrodynamic features of the valve: Lessons from the Shunt Design Trial. In Cinalli G; Maixner W; Sainte-Rose C (Ed.), Pediatric Hydrocephalus. Milano: Springer-Verlag.
    Global Impact: Global.

  16. Kestle J (2003). Communicating hydrocephalus. In Batjer H; Loftus C (Ed.), Textbook of Neurological Surgery. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
    Global Impact: Global.

  17. Kestle J (2001). Design of clinical trials. In McLone D; et al (Ed.), Pediatric Neurosurgery: Surgery of the Developing Nervous System. Philadelphia: W. B. Saunders.
    Global Impact: Global.

Conference Proceedings

  1. Tamber M, Kulkarn A, Browd S, Shannon C, Rozzelle C, Cochrane D, Drake J, Riva-Cambrin J, Oakes WJ, Kestle J, Wellons J, Limbrick D, Holubkov R, Naftel R, Simon T, Luerssen T, Whitehead W (05/04/2016). Hydrocephalus Clinical Research Network (HCRN) Shunt Infection Protocol Implementation Across Pediatric Neurosurgery – A Cross-Sectional Survey. American Association of Neurological Surgeons/Congress of Neurological Surgeons Section on Pediatric Neurological Surgery, Chicago, IL.
    Global Impact: Global.

  2. Simon TD, Kronman M, Gove N, Whitlock K, Browd S, Holubkov R, Kestle J, Kulkarni A, Langley M, Limbrick D, Luerssen T, Oakes J, Riva-Cambrin J, Rozzelle C, Shannon C, Tamber M, Wellons J, Whitehead W, Hamblett N (05/03/2016). Surgical apparoch to treatment of first cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) shunt infection is associated with reinfection. Pediatric Academic Society, EPAS, 70, 4450-4457.
    Global Impact: Global.

  3. Simon TD, Kronman M, Whitlock K, Gove N, Browd S, Holubkov R, Kestle J, Kulkarni A, Langley M, Limbrick M, Luerssen T, Oakes J, Riva-Cambrin J, Rozzelle C, Shannon C, Tamber M, Wellons J, Whitehead W, Mayer-Hamblett N (05/01/2016). Adherence to guidelines in treatment for first cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) shunt infection. Pediatric Academic Society, 70, 2165-2168.
    Global Impact: Global.

Case Report

  1. Johns D, Blagg R, Kestle JR, Riva-Cambrin JK, Siddiqi F, Gociman B (2015). Distraction Osteogenesis Technique for the Treatment of Nonsyndromic Sagittal Synostosis. Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open, 3(7), e474.
    Global Impact: Global.

  2. Rocque BG, George TM, Kestle J, Iskandar BJ (2011). Treatment practices for Chiari malformation type I with syringomyelia: results of a survey of the American Society of Pediatric Neurosurgeons. J Neurosurg Pediatr, 8(5), 430-7.
    Global Impact: Global.

  3. Amini A, Liu JK, Kestle JR (2006). Disseminated medulloblastoma. J Neurooncol, 80(2), 157-8.
    Global Impact: Global.

  4. Binning MJ, Ragel BT, Walker ML, Kestle JR (2006). Retained peritoneal shunt tubing causing hematuria. Case illustration. J Neurosurg, 104(6 Suppl), 434.
    Global Impact: Global.

  5. McCall TD, Liu JK, Kestle JR (2006). Sporadic osteochondroma of the cervical spine. Case illustration. J Neurosurg, 104(4 Suppl), 293.
    Global Impact: Global.

  6. Liu JK, Cole CD, Sherr GT, Kestle JR, Walker ML (2005). Noncommunicating spinal extradural arachnoid cyst causing spinal cord compression in a child. J Neurosurg, 103(3 Suppl), 266-9.
    Global Impact: Global.

  7. Fassett DR, Pingree J, Kestle JR (2005). The high incidence of tumor dissemination in myxopapillary ependymoma in pediatric patients. Report of five cases and review of the literature. J Neurosurg, 102(1 Suppl), 59-64.
    Global Impact: Global.

  8. Anderson RC, Walker ML, Viner JM, Kestle JR (2004). Adjustment and malfunction of a programmable valve after exposure to toy magnets. Case report. J Neurosurg, 101(2 Suppl), 222-5.
    Global Impact: Global.

  9. Gluf WM, Kestle JR (2002). 'Cortical thumb sign' in X-linked hydrocephalus. Pediatr Neurosurg, 37(2), 107-8.
    Global Impact: Global.

Editorial

  1. Kestle JR (2016). Editorial: The learning curve in surgical randomized controlled trials. J Neurosurg Pediatr, 18(2), 145.
    Global Impact: Global.

  2. Kestle JR (2015). Editorial: Food and Drug Administration Safety Communication on rhBMP-2 use. 16(1), 1-3.
    Global Impact: Global.

  3. Kestle JR (2015). Editorial: Bed rest after filum surgery. 15(5), 459; discussion 460.
    Global Impact: Global.

  4. Kestle JR (2015). Administrative database research. 122(2), 441-2.
    Global Impact: Global.

  5. Kestle JR (2015). Editorial: industry-sponsored research. 122(1), 136-8.
    Global Impact: Global.

  6. Kestle JRW (2014). Counterpoint: Shunts Are Not Going Away So We Need to Do Them Well. AANS Neurosurgeon, 23(1).
    Global Impact: Global.

  7. Kestle JR (2013). Shunt insertion. J Neurosurg, 119(1), 64.
    Global Impact: Global.

  8. Kestle JR (2012). Abdominal binders. J Neurosurg Pediatr, 9(6), 613; discussion 614.
    Global Impact: Global.

  9. Kestle JR (2012). Editorial: intraventricular hemorrhage and posthemorrhagic hydrocephalus. J Neurosurg Pediatr, 9(3), 239-40; discussion 240-1.
    Global Impact: Global.

  10. Kestle JR (2012). Retethering after filum cutting. World Neurosurg, 77(1), 82.
    Global Impact: Global.

  11. Kestle J (2011). The less you look, the less you find. J Neurosurg, 115(5), 1038-1039.
    Global Impact: Global.

  12. Kestle JR (2011). Pooling data on antibiotic-impregnated shunts. J Neurosurg Pediatr, 8(3), 257-8; discussion 258.
    Global Impact: Global.

  13. Kestle JR (2010). Shunt malfunction. J Neurosurg, 113(6), 1270-1; discussion 1271-2.
    Global Impact: Global.

  14. Kestle JR (2010). Antibiotic-impregnated external ventricular drains. J Neurosurg, 113(1), 85; discussion 85.
    Global Impact: Global.

  15. Kestle JR (2008). It's randomized and double blinded... what more do we want? J Neurosurg Pediatr, 2(2), 109; discussion 110.
    Global Impact: Global.

Letter

  1. Riva-Cambrin J, Kestle JRW, Simon TD, The Hydrocephalus Clinical Research Network (2016). Author's response to editorial [Letter to the editor]. J Neurosurg Pediatr, 17(4), 380-381.
    Global Impact: Global.

  2. Riva-Cambrin J, Kestle JR (2014). In reply. [Letter to the editor]. Neurosurgery, 74(1), E153-4.
    Global Impact: Global.

Abstract

  1. Maese L, Bruggers C, Putnam A, Kestle J, Moore K (06/01/2015). Extended bevacizumab and irinotecan therapy in pediatric pilomyxoid astrocytoma. [Abstract]. Ped Blood & Cancer, 62, 83.
    Global Impact: Global.

  2. Barkan H, Kestle J, Van Orman C, Filloux F, Sparrow S, Combe S, Hedlund G, Burr R, Johnson M, Orton K, Sweney M, Reilly M, Collier AM, Euler M, Funke M (02/12/2013). Validation of magnetoencephalography (MEG) as presurgical evaluation tool in pediatric patients with localization-related intractable epilepsy. [Abstract]. Neurology, 80, PD4. 004.
    Global Impact: Global.

  3. Yong RL, Habrock-Bach T, Vaughan M, Kestle JR, Steinbok P (06/01/2011). Symptomatic retethering of the spinal cord after section of a tight filum terminale. [Abstract]. Neurosurgery, 68, 1594-1601.
    Global Impact: Global.

  4. Simon TD, Whitlock K, Riva-Cambrin J, Kestle J, Rosenfeld M, Dean JM, Holubkov R, Langley M, Hamblett N (2010). Risk factors for CSF shunt infection in patients undergoing CSF shunt placement. [Abstract]. Pediatric Academic Societies, 65, 4502.89.
    Global Impact: Global.

  5. Kestle J, Van Orman C (2005). Surgery for localized epilepsy in children. [Abstract]. Childs Nerv Syst, 21, 846.
    Global Impact: Global.

  6. Basheer S, Connolly M, Sherman E, Hendson G, Kestle J, Steinbok P (2004). Hemispheric surgery for instractable epilepsy: outcome and complications. [Abstract]. Can J Neurol Sci, 31, S1.
    Global Impact: Global.

  7. Cochrane D, Kestle J (2002). Ventricular shunting for hydrocephalus in children: patients, procedures, surgeons and institutions. [Abstract]. Can J Neurol Sci, 29, S20.
    Global Impact: Global.

  8. Aldana PR, Kestle J, Brockmeyer DL, Walker ML (2002). Results of endoscopic septostomy in the treatment of isolated ventricular hydrocephalus. [Abstract]. Childs Nerv Syst, 18, 547.
    Global Impact: Global.

  9. Kestle J, Drake J (2001). Axillary nerve injuries in children. [Abstract]. Nervous System in Children (Journal of the Japanese Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery), 26, 246.
    Global Impact: Global.

  10. Kestle J (2001). Endoscopic shunt insertion trial. [Abstract]. Nervous System in Children (Journa of the Japanese Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery), 26, 251.
    Global Impact: Global.

  11. Kestle J for the Strata Valve Study Group (2001). Clinical experience with the Strata valve. [Abstract]. Nervous System in Children (Journal of the Japanese Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery), 26, 255.
    Global Impact: Global.

  12. Kestle J (2001). Pediatric peri-insular hemispherotomy [Abstract]. Nervous System in Children (Journal of the Japanese Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery), 26, 297.
    Global Impact: Global.

  13. Kestle J, Drake J, Cochrane D, Milner R for the ESIT participants (2001). The Endoscopic Shunt Insertion Trial: primary results.β [Abstract]. Neurosurgery, 49, 530.
    Global Impact: Global.

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