John R. Kestle
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John R. Kestle, MD

Languages spoken: English

Clinical Locations

Primary Children's Hospital

Pediatric Neurosurgery
Salt Lake City
801-662-5340

  • 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.

    Specialties

    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.

    Board Certification and Academic Information

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

    Selected Publications

    Journal Article

    1. 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). (Epub ahead of print) J Neurosurg Pediatr.
    2. Ravindra VM, Riva-Cambrin J, Jensen H, Whitehead WE, Kulkarni AV, Limbrick DD, Wellons JC, Naftel RP, Rozzelle CJ, Rocque BG, Pollack IF, McDowell MM, Tamber MS, Hauptman JS, Browd SR, Pindrik J, Isaacs AM, McDonald PJ, Hankinson TC, Jackson EM, Chu J, Krieger MD, Simon TD, Strahle JM, Holubkov R, Reeder R, Kestle JRW (2024). Comparing ventriculoatrial and ventriculopleural shunts in pediatric hydrocephalus: a Hydrocephalus Clinical Research Network study. J Neurosurg Pediatr, 34(4), 305-314. (Read full article)
    3. Piazza MG, Ravindra VM, Earl ER, Ludwick A, Sarriera Valentin G, Dailey AT, Kestle JRW, Russell KW, Brockmeyer DL, Iyer RR (2024). Validation of the Subaxial Cervical Spine Injury Classification score in children: a single-institution experience at a level 1 pediatric trauma center. J Neurosurg Pediatr, 34(4), 365-372. (Read full article)
    4. Chiang SN, Reckford J, Alexander AL, Birgfeld CB, Bonfield CM, Couture DE, David LR, French B, Gociman B, Goldstein JA, Golinko MS, Kestle JRW, Lee A, Magge SN, Pollack IF, Rottgers SA, Runyan CM, Smyth MD, Wilkinson CC, Skolnick GB, Strahle JM, Patel KB (2024). What to do with an incidental finding of a fused sagittal suture: a modified Delphi study. J Neurosurg Pediatr, 34(2), 182-189. (Read full article)
    5. Verhey LH, Kulkarni AV, Reeder RW, Riva-Cambrin J, Jensen H, Pollack IF, Rocque BG, Tamber MS, McDonald PJ, Krieger MD, Pindrik JA, Hauptman JS, Browd SR, Whitehead WE, Jackson EM, Wellons JC, Hankinson TC, Chu J, Limbrick DD, Strahle JM, Kestle JRW, Hydrocephalus Clinical Research Network (2024). A re-evaluation of the Endoscopic Third Ventriculostomy Success Score: a Hydrocephalus Clinical Research Network study. J Neurosurg Pediatr, 33(5), 417-427. (Read full article)
    6. Findlay M, Tenhoeve SA, Johansen C, Kelly MP, Newton PO, Iyer RR, Kestle JRW, Gonda DD, Brockmeyer DL, Ravindra VM (2024). Disparities in Indications and Outcomes Reporting for Spinal Column Shortening for Tethered Cord Syndrome: The Need for a Standardized Approach. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). (Read full article)
    7. Findlay MC, Tenhoeve S, Terry SA, Iyer RR, Brockmeyer DL, Kelly MP, Kestle JRW, Gonda D, Ravindra VM (in press). Disparities in indications and outcomes reporting for pediatric tethered cord surgery: The need for a standardized outcome assessment tool. Childs Nerv Syst, 40(4), 1111-1120. (Read full article)
    8. Ravindra VM, Robinson L, Jensen H, Kurudza E, Joyce E, Ludwick A, Telford R, Youssef O, Ryan J, Bollo RJ, Iyer RR, Kestle JRW, Cheshier SH, Ikeda DS, Mao Q, Brockmeyer DL (2024). Morphological and ultrastructural investigation of the posterior atlanto-occipital membrane: Comparing children with Chiari malformation type I and controls. PLoS One, 19(1), e0296260. (Read full article)
    9. Tamber MS, Jensen H, Clawson J, Nunn N, Wellons JC, Smith J, Martin JE, Kestle JRW, HCRNq Investigators and Staff (in press). Shunt infection prevention practices in Hydrocephalus Clinical Research Network-Quality: a new quality improvement network for hydrocephalus management. J Neurosurg Pediatr, 33(2), 157-164. (Read full article)
    10. Ravindra VM, Jensen H, Riva-Cambrin J, Wellons JC, Limbrick DD, Pindrik J, Jackson EM, Pollack IF, Hankinson TC, Hauptman JS, Tamber MS, Kulkarni AV, Rocque BG, Rozzelle C, Whitehead WE, Chu J, Krieger MD, Simon TD, Reeder R, McDonald PJ, Nunn N, Kestle JRW, Hydrocephalus Clinical Research Network, HCRN Members (2023). Comparison of outcomes in the management of abdominal pseudocyst in children with shunted hydrocephalus: a Hydrocephalus Clinical Research Network study. J Neurosurg Pediatr, 32(3), 312-323. (Read full article)
    11. Rajkumar S, Ikeda DS, Scanlon M, Shields M, Kestle JR, Plonsker J, Brandel M, Gonda DD, Levy M, Lucas DJ, Choi PM, Ravindra VM (2024). Frequency and predictors of concurrent complications in multi-suture release for syndromic craniosynostosis. Childs Nerv Syst, 40(1), 153-162. (Read full article)
    12. Dewan MC, Isaacs AM, Cools MJ, Yengo-Kahn A, Naftel RP, Jensen H, Reeder RW, Holubkov R, Haizel-Cobbina J, Riva-Cambrin J, Jafrani RJ, Pindrik JA, Jackson EM, Judy BF, Kurudza E, Pollack IF, Mcdowell MM, Hankinson TC, Staulcup S, Hauptman J, Hall K, Tamber MS, Cheong A, Warsi NM, Rocque BG, Saccomano BW, Snyder RI, Kulkarni AV, Kestle JRW, Wellons JC 3rd, Hydrocephalus Clinical Research Network (2023). Treatment of hydrocephalus following posterior fossa tumor resection: a multicenter collaboration from the Hydrocephalus Clinical Research Network. J Neurooncol, 163(1), 123-132. (Read full article)
    13. Chan PP, Whipple NS, Ramani B, Solomon DA, Zhou H, Linscott LL, Kestle JRW, Bruggers CS (2022). Patterns of extraneural metastases in children with ependymoma. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol, 45(2), e272-e278. (Read full article)
    14. Chi D, Gibson E, Chiang SN, Lee K, Naidoo SD, Lee A, Birgfeld C, Pollack IF, Goldstein J, Golinko M, Bonfield CM, Siddiqi FA, Kestle JRW, Smyth MD, Patel KB, Synostosis Research Group SynRG (2022). A multi-institutional survey on calvarial vault remodeling techniques for sagittal synostosis and outcomes analysis for patients treated at 12 months and older. J Neurosurg Pediatr, 30(5), 490-498. (Read full article)
    15. Rocque BG, Jensen H, Reeder RW, Kulkarni AV, Pollack IF, Wellons JC, Naftel RP, Jackson EM, Whitehead WE, Pindrik JA, Limbrick DD, McDonald PJ, Tamber MS, Hankinson TC, Hauptman JS, Krieger MD, Chu J, Simon TD, Riva-Cambrin J, Kestle JRW, Rozzelle CJ, Hydrocephalus Clinical Research Network (2022). Endoscopic third ventriculostomy in previously shunt-treated patients. J Neurosurg Pediatr, 30(4), 428-436. (Read full article)
    16. Scoville J, Joyce E, Harper J, Hunsaker J, Gren L, Porucznik C, Kestle JRW (2022). A survey and analysis of pediatric stroke protocols. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis, 31(9), 106661. (Read full article)
    17. Arynchyna-Smith A, Rozzelle CJ, Jensen H, Reeder RW, Kulkarni AV, Pollack IF, Wellons JC, Naftel RP, Jackson EM, Whitehead WE, Pindrik JA, Limbrick DD, McDonald PJ, Tamber MS, ONeill BR, Hauptman JS, Krieger MD, Chu J, Simon TD, Riva-Cambrin J, Kestle JRW, Rocque BG, Hydrocephalus Clinical Research Network (2022). Endoscopic third ventriculostomy revision after failure of initial endoscopic third ventriculostomy and choroid plexus cauterization. J Neurosurg Pediatr, 30(1), 8-17. (Read full article)
    18. King B, Veith J, Kim E, Kestle J, Siddiqi F, Gociman B (2022). Frontofacial Reconstruction Technique Modification with Preservation of Blood Supply to the Monobloc Segment. J Craniofac Surg, 33(5), e519-e520. (Read full article)
    19. Hersh DS, Martin JE, Bristol RE, Browd SR, Grant G, Gupta N, Hankinson TC, Jackson EM, Kestle JRW, Krieger MD, Kulkarni AV, Madura CJ, Pindrik J, Pollack IF, Raskin JS, Riva-Cambrin J, Rozzelle CJ, Smith JL, Wellons JC (2022). Hydrocephalus surveillance following CSF diversion: a modified Delphi study. J Neurosurg Pediatr, 1-11. (Read full article)
    20. Chu J, Jensen H, Holubkov R, Krieger MD, Kulkarni AV, Riva-Cambrin J, Rozzelle CJ, Limbrick DD, Wellons JC, Browd SR, Whitehead WE, Pollack IF, Simon TD, Tamber MS, Hauptman JS, Pindrik J, Naftel RP, McDonald PJ, Hankinson TC, Jackson EM, Rocque BG, Reeder R, Drake JM, Kestle JRW, Hydrocephalus Clinical Research Network, Hydrocephalus Clinical Research Network Members (2022). The Hydrocephalus Clinical Research Network quality improvement initiative: the role of antibiotic-impregnated catheters and vancomycin wound irrigation. J Neurosurg Pediatr, 29(6), 711-718. (Read full article)
    21. 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. (Read full article)
    22. 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. (Read full article)
    23. 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. (Read full article)
    24. 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, 28(5), 1-7. (Read full article)
    25. 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. (Read full article)
    26. 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. (Read full article)
    27. 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. (Read full article)
    28. 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. (Read full article)
    29. 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. (Read full article)
    30. Di Rocco C, Kestle JRW, Hayward R, Taylor JA (2021). Introduction. Controversies in the management of single-suture craniosynostosis. Neurosurg Focus, 50(4), E1. (Read full article)
    31. 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. (Read full article)
    32. 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. (Read full article)
    33. 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. (Read full article)
    34. Jensen RL, Kestle JRW, Brockmeyer DL, Couldwell WT (2020). Principles of Remediation for the Struggling Neurosurgery Resident. World Neurosurg, 146, e1118-e1125. (Read full article)
    35. 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. (Read full article)
    36. 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. (Read full article)
    37. 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, 27, 1-10. (Read full article)
    38. 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, 27, 1-8. (Read full article)
    39. 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, 27, 1-8. (Read full article)
    40. 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. (Read full article)
    41. 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. (Read full article)
    42. 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. (Read full article)
    43. 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, 26, 1-9. (Read full article)
    44. 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. (Read full article)
    45. Sherrod BA, Iyer RR, Kestle JRW (2019). Endoscopic third ventriculostomy for pediatric tumor-associated hydrocephalus. Neurosurg Focus, 48(1), E5. (Read full article)
    46. 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. (Read full article)
    47. 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. (Read full article)
    48. 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. (Read full article)
    49. Riva-Cambrin J, Kestle JRW, Rozzelle CJ, Naftel RP, Alvey JS, Reeder RW, Holubkov R, Browd SR, Cochrane DD, Limbrick DD, Shannon CN, Simon TD, Tamber MS, Wellons JC, Whitehead WE, Kulkarni AV, Hydrocephalus Clinical Research Network (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. (Read full article)
    50. 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. (Read full article)
    51. 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. (Read full article)
    52. 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. (Read full article)
    53. 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. (Read full article)
    54. Kestle JRW, Riva-Cambrin J (2019). Prospective multicenter studies in pediatric hydrocephalus. J Neurosurg Pediatr, 23(2), 135-141. (Read full article)
    55. Ravindra VM, Kestle JRW (2019). Writing a Clinical Research Question. Neurosurgery, 84(1), 12-16. (Read full article)
    56. 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. (Read full article)
    57. 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, 131(3), 1-8. (Read full article)
    58. 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. (Read full article)
    59. 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. (Read full article)
    60. 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. (Read full article)
    61. 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. (Read full article)
    62. 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. (Read full article)
    63. 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. (Read full article)
    64. 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. (Read full article)
    65. 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. (Read full article)
    66. 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. (Read full article)
    67. Kestle JRW (2017). Editorial. Early unplanned reoperation: we need more data. J Neurosurg Pediatr, 19(6), 632-633. (Read full article)
    68. 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. (Read full article)
    69. 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. (Read full article)
    70. 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. (Read full article)
    71. Kestle JR, Kulkarni AV, Warf BC (2016). Introduction: Pediatric hydrocephalus: a continuing evolution in our understanding and management. Neurosurg Focus, 41(5), E1. (Read full article)
    72. Kulkarni AV, Riva-Cambrin J, Holubkov R, Browd SR, Cochrane DD, Drake JM, Limbrick DD, Rozzelle CJ, Simon TD, Tamber MS, Wellons JC 3rd, Whitehead WE, Kestle JR, Hydrocephalus Clinical Research Network (2016). Endoscopic third ventriculostomy in children: prospective, multicenter results from the Hydrocephalus Clinical Research Network. J Neurosurg Pediatr, 18(4), 423-429. (Read full article)
    73. 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. (Read full article)
    74. 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. (Read full article)
    75. 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. (Read full article)
    76. Kestle J (2015). Editorial: The challenges of determining natural history. J Neurosurg Pediatr, 17(2), 121-122. (Read full article)
    77. 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. (Read full article)
    78. Kestle JRW (2015). Editorial: Measuring resident operative skills. J Neurosurg Pediatr, 16(5), 495-496. (Read full article)
    79. 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. (Read full article)
    80. 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. (Read full article)
    81. 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. (Read full article)
    82. 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. (Read full article)
    83. 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. (Read full article)
    84. 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. (Read full article)
    85. 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. (Read full article)
    86. 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. (Read full article)
    87. 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. (Read full article)
    88. 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. (Read full article)
    89. 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. (Read full article)
    90. 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. (Read full article)
    91. 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. (Read full article)
    92. Kalra RR, Kestle JR (2013). An assessment of academic productivity in pediatric neurosurgery. J Neurosurg Pediatr, 12(3), 262-5. (Read full article)
    93. 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. (Read full article)
    94. 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. (Read full article)
    95. 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. (Read full article)
    96. 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. (Read full article)
    97. 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. (Read full article)
    98. 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.
    99. 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. (Read full article)
    100. 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. (Read full article)
    101. 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. (Read full article)
    102. 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. (Read full article)
    103. Kestle JR (2011). The less you look, the less you find. J Neurosurg, 115(5), 1038-9; author reply 1039. (Read full article)
    104. 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. (Read full article)
    105. 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. (Read full article)
    106. 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. (Read full article)
    107. 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. (Read full article)
    108. 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.
    109. Chen HH, Riva-Cambrin J, Brockmeyer DL, Walker ML, Kestle JR (2011). Shunt failure due to intracranial migration of BioGlide ventricular catheters. J Neurosurg Pediatr, 7(4), 408-12. (Read full article)
    110. 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.
    111. 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. (Read full article)
    112. 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. (Read full article)
    113. 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. (Read full article)
    114. 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. (Read full article)
    115. 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. (Read full article)
    116. 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. (Read full article)
    117. Drake JM, Kulkarni AV, Kestle J (2009). Endoscopic third ventriculostomy versus ventriculoperitoneal shunt in pediatric patients: a decision analysis. Childs Nerv Syst, 25(4), 467-72. (Read full article)
    118. Vachhrajani S, Kulkarni AV, Kestle JR (2009). Clinical practice guidelines. J Neurosurg Pediatr, 3(4), 249-56. (Read full article)
    119. Kestle J (2008). Ventriculoperitoneal shunt in children: indications, equipment and techniques. 12(2), Supplement Ap.
    120. Kan P, Van Orman C, Kestle JR (2008). Outcomes after surgery for focal epilepsy in children. Childs Nerv Syst, 24(5), 587-91. (Read full article)
    121. 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. (Read full article)
    122. 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. (Read full article)
    123. Kan P, Simonsen SE, Lyon JL, Kestle JR (2008). Cellular phone use and brain tumor: a meta-analysis. J Neurooncol, 86(1), 71-8. (Read full article)
    124. 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. (Read full article)
    125. 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. (Read full article)
    126. 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. (Read full article)
    127. 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. (Read full article)
    128. Kan P, Kestle JR (2007). Designing randomized clinical trials in pediatric neurosurgery. Childs Nerv Syst, 23(4), 385-90. (Read full article)
    129. 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. (Read full article)
    130. 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. (Read full article)
    131. 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. (Read full article)
    132. Kestle JR, Cochrane DD, Drake JM (2006). Shunt insertion in the summer: is it safe? J Neurosurg, 105(3 Suppl), 165-8. (Read full article)
    133. McCall T, Rao G, Kestle J (2006). Work hour restrictions: Impact on neurosurgical resident training at the University of Utah. 14(4), 17-22.
    134. Kestle JRW, Cochrane DD, Drake JM (2006). Response to editorial: summer shunting. J Neurosurg, 105, 163-164.
    135. Klimo P Jr, Kestle JR (2005). Potentially useful outcome measures for clinical research in pediatric neurosurgery. J Neurosurg, 103(3 Suppl), 207-12. (Read full article)
    136. 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. (Read full article)
    137. Fassett D, Pingree J, Kestle J (2005). High incidence of tumor dissemination in myxopapillary ependymoma in children. J Neurosurg Pediatr, 102, 59-64.
    138. 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. (Read full article)
    139. 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. (Read full article)
    140. 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. (Read full article)
    141. 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. (Read full article)
    142. Kestle J, Townsend JJ, Brockmeyer DL, Walker ML (2004). Juvenile pilocytic astrocytoma of the brainstem in children. J Neurosurg, 101(1 Suppl), 1-6. (Read full article)
    143. 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. (Read full article)
    144. 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. (Read full article)
    145. Klimo P Jr, Kestle JR, Schmidt MH (2003). Treatment of metastatic spinal epidural disease: a review of the literature. Neurosurg Focus, 15(5), E1. (Read full article)
    146. Kestle JR (2003). Pediatric hydrocephalus: current management. Neurol Clin, 21(4), 883-95, vii. (Read full article)
    147. 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. (Read full article)
    148. 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. (Read full article)
    149. 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. (Read full article)
    150. Kestle J (2003). Tracking resident work hours. 12, 49.
    151. 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. (Read full article)
    152. 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. (Read full article)
    153. 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. (Read full article)
    154. 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. (Read full article)
    155. 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. (Read full article)
    156. 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. (Read full article)
    157. 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. (Read full article)
    158. 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. (Read full article)
    159. Tyagi A, Drake J, Midha R, Kestle J (2000). Axillary nerve injuries in children. Pediatr Neurosurg, 32(5), 226-9. (Read full article)
    160. 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. (Read full article)
    161. 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. (Read full article)
    162. Heimbecker RO, Smith D, Shimizu S, Kestle J (1983). Surgical technique for the management of constrictive epicarditis complicating constrictive pericarditis (the waffle procedure). Ann Thorac Surg, 36(5), 605-6. (Read full article)

    Review

    1. Low SYY, Kestle JRW, Walker ML, Seow WT (2023). Cerebrospinal fluid shunt malfunctions: A reflective review. [Review]. Childs Nerv Syst, 39, 2719-2728. (Read full article)
    2. 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. (Read full article)
    3. Binning MJ, Liu JK, Kestle JR, Brockmeyer DL, Walker ML (2007). Optic pathway gliomas: a review. [Review]. Neurosurg Focus, 23(5), E2. (Read full article)
    4. 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. (Read full article)
    5. 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. (Read full article)
    6. 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. (Read full article)
    7. 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. (Read full article)
    8. 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. (Read full article)
    9. Drake JM, Kestle JR, Tuli S (2000). Cerebrospinal fluid shunt technology. [Review]. Clin Neurosurg, 47, 336-45. (Read full article)

    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. (Read full article)
    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. (Read full article)
    4. Amini A, Liu JK, Kestle JR (2006). Disseminated medulloblastoma. J Neurooncol, 80(2), 157-8. (Read full article)
    5. Binning MJ, Ragel BT, Walker ML, Kestle JR (2006). Retained peritoneal shunt tubing causing hematuria. Case illustration. J Neurosurg, 104(6 Suppl), 434. (Read full article)
    6. McCall TD, Liu JK, Kestle JR (2006). Sporadic osteochondroma of the cervical spine. Case illustration. J Neurosurg, 104(4 Suppl), 293. (Read full article)
    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. (Read full article)
    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. (Read full article)
    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. (Read full article)
    10. Gluf WM, Kestle JR (2002). 'Cortical thumb sign' in X-linked hydrocephalus. Pediatr Neurosurg, 37(2), 107-8. (Read full article)

    Editorial

    1. Kestle JRW (2019). Editorial. Implementation of quality improvement protocols. J Neurosurg Pediatr, 1-2. (Read full article)
    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. (Read full article)
    4. Kestle JR (2015). Editorial: Food and Drug Administration Safety Communication on rhBMP-2 use. J Neurosurg Pediatr, 16(1), 1-3. (Read full article)
    5. Kestle JR (2015). Editorial: Bed rest after filum surgery. J Neurosurg Pediatr, 15(5), 459; discussion 460. (Read full article)
    6. Kestle JR (2015). Administrative database research. J Neurosurg, 122(2), 441-2. (Read full article)
    7. Kestle JR (2015). Editorial: industry-sponsored research. J Neurosurg, 122(1), 136-8. (Read full article)
    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. (Read full article)
    10. Kestle JR (2012). Abdominal binders. J Neurosurg Pediatr, 9(6), 613; discussion 614. (Read full article)
    11. Kestle JR (2012). Editorial: intraventricular hemorrhage and posthemorrhagic hydrocephalus. J Neurosurg Pediatr, 9(3), 239-40; discussion 240-1. (Read full article)
    12. Kestle JR (2012). Retethering after filum cutting. World Neurosurg, 77(1), 82. (Read full article)
    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. (Read full article)
    15. Kestle JR (2010). Shunt malfunction. J Neurosurg, 113(6), 1270-1; discussion 1271-2. (Read full article)
    16. Kestle JR (2010). Antibiotic-impregnated external ventricular drains. J Neurosurg, 113(1), 85; discussion 85. (Read full article)
    17. Kestle JR (2008). It's randomized and double blinded... what more do we want? J Neurosurg Pediatr, 2(2), 109; discussion 110. (Read full article)

    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. (Read full article)
    3. Drake JM, Kestle JT (1998). Determining the best cerebrospinal fluid shunt valve design: the pediatric valve design trial. [Letter to the editor]. Neurosurgery, 43(5), 1259-60. (Read full article)

    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. (Read full article)

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