John R. Kestle
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John R. Kestle, MD

Languages spoken: English

Clinical Locations

Primary Location

Primary Children's Hospital

Pediatric Neurosurgery
100 N Mario Capecchi Drive
Salt Lake City , UT 84113
801-662-5340
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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.

Specialties

Board Certification

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

Education history

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

Selected Publications

Journal Article

  1. 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. Annals of neurology, 90(2), 217-226.
  2. Gociman B, Marengo J, Ying J, Kestle JR, Siddiqi (2012). Minimally invasive strip craniectomy for sagittal synostosis. The Journal of craniofacial surgery, 23(3), 825-8.
  3. Gociman B, Agko M, Blagg R, Garlick J, Kestle JR, Siddiqi (2013). Endoscopic-assisted correction of metopic synostosis. The Journal of craniofacial surgery, 24(3), 763-8.
  4. Gociman B, Blagg R, Agko M, Goodwin I, Kestle JR, Siddiqi (2014). The metopic angle: a novel assessment tool of the trigonocephalic frontal deformity and its correction. The Journal of craniofacial surgery, 25(6), 2101-4.
  5. 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. The Journal of craniofacial surgery, 31(5), 1186-1190.
  6. Tyrell R, Limoges N, Kestle J, Gociman B, Siddiqi (2020). Sinus Pericranii in Posterior Cranial Vault Distraction. The Journal of craniofacial surgery, 31(7), e715-e717.
  7. Veith J, Johns D, Mehta ST, Hosein R, Tuncer FB, Tyrell R, Kestle JRW, Siddiqi F, Gociman (2021). Serial Posterior Cranial Vault Distraction for the Treatment of Complex Craniosynostosis. The Journal of craniofacial surgery, 32(1), 32-35.
  8. Kestle J, Milner R, Drake (1999). The shunt design trial: variation in surgical experience did not influence shunt survival. Pediatric neurosurgery, 30(6), 283-7.
  9. Tyagi A, Drake J, Midha R, Kestle (2000). Axillary nerve injuries in children. Pediatric neurosurgery, 32(5), 226-9.
  10. Kestle J, Drake J, Milner R, Sainte-Rose C, Cinalli G, Boop F, Piatt J, Haines S, Schiff S, Cochrane D, Steinbok P, MacNeil (2000). Long-term follow-up data from the Shunt Design Trial. Pediatric neurosurgery, 33(5), 230-236.
  11. Whitehead WE, Kestle J (2001). The treatment of cerebrospinal fluid shunt infections. Results from a practice survey of the American Society of Pediatric Neurosurgeons. Pediatric neurosurgery, 35(4), 205-10.
  12. Arthur AS, Whitehead WE, Kestle J (2002). Duration of antibiotic therapy for the treatment of shunt infection: a surgeon and patient survey. Pediatric neurosurgery, 36(5), 256-9.
  13. Aldana PR, Kestle JR, Brockmeyer DL, Walker M (2003). Results of endoscopic septal fenestration in the treatment of isolated ventricular hydrocephalus. Pediatric neurosurgery, 38(6), 286-94.
  14. Cochrane DD, Kestle J (2003). The influence of surgical operative experience on the duration of first ventriculoperitoneal shunt function and infection. Pediatric neurosurgery, 38(6), 295-301.
  15. Cochrane DD, Kestle (2002). Ventricular shunting for hydrocephalus in children: patients, procedures, surgeons and institutions in English Canada, 1989-2001. European journal of pediatric surgery, 12 Suppl 1, S6-11.
  16. Klimo P Jr, Kestle JR, Schmidt M (2004). Clinical trials and evidence-based medicine for metastatic spine disease. Neurosurgery clinics of North America, 15(4), 549-64.
  17. Kan P, Kestle J (2007). Designing randomized clinical trials in pediatric neurosurgery. Child's nervous system, 23(4), 385-90.
  18. Kan P, Van Orman C, Kestle J (2008). Outcomes after surgery for focal epilepsy in children. Child's nervous system, 24(5), 587-91.
  19. Khatua S, Moore KR, Vats TS, Kestle J (2011). Diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma-current status and future strategies. Child's nervous system, 27(9), 1391-7.
  20. 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. Child's nervous system, 28(5), 699-705.
  21. Steinbok P, Durity F, Kestle J, Cochrane D (2015). Pediatric neurosurgery at British Columbia's Children's Hospital. Child's nervous system, 31(9), 1419-27.
  22. Brockmeyer DL, Ragel BT, Kestle (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. Child's nervous system, 28(5), 699-705.
  23. Kan P, Liu JK, Hedlund G, Brockmeyer DL, Walker ML, Kestle J (2006). The role of diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging in pediatric brain tumors. Child's nervous system, 22(11), 1435-9.
  24. Kan P, Gooch J, Amini A, Ploeger D, Grams B, Oberg W, Simonsen S, Walker M, Kestle (2008). Surgical treatment of spasticity in children: comparison of selective dorsal rhizotomy and intrathecal baclofen pump implantation. Child's nervous system, 24(2), 239-43.
  25. Kan P, Kestle (2007). Lack of efficacy of antibiotic-impregnated shunt systems in preventing shunt infections in children. Child's nervous system, 23(7), 773-7.
  26. 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 (2021). Comparison of anticoagulation and antiplatelet therapy for treatment of blunt cerebrovascular injury in children <10 years of age: a multicenter retrospective cohort study. Child's nervous system, 37(1), 47-54.
  27. 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. Child's nervous system, 37(5), 1485-1494.
  28. Sherrod BA, Makarenko S, Iyer RR, Eli I, Kestle JR, Couldwell W (2021). Primary pituitary abscess in an adolescent female patient: case report, literature review, and operative video. Child's nervous system, 37(5), 1423-1428.
  29. 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. Developmental neuroscience, 32(5-6), 406-412.
  30. 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 (2017). Predicting Blunt Cerebrovascular Injury in Pediatric Trauma: Validation of the "Utah Score". Journal of neurotrauma, 34(2), 391-399.
  31. Kan P, Simonsen SE, Lyon JL, Kestle J (2008). Cellular phone use and brain tumor: a meta-analysis. Journal of neuro-oncology, 86(1), 71-8.
  32. 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 M (2019). Evaluation of pediatric glioma outcomes using intraoperative MRI: a multicenter cohort study. Journal of neuro-oncology, 143(2), 271-280.
  33. Garton HJ, Kestle JR, Drake J (2001). Predicting shunt failure on the basis of clinical symptoms and signs in children. Journal of neurosurgery, 94(2), 202-10.
  34. Hader WJ, Drake J, Cochrane D, Sparrow O, Johnson ES, Kestle (2002). Death after late failure of third ventriculostomy in children. Report of three cases. Journal of neurosurgery, 97(1), 211-5.
  35. Hentschel S, Steinbok P, Cochrane DD, Kestle (2002). Reduction of transfusion rates in the surgical correction of sagittal synostosis. Journal of neurosurgery, 97(3), 503-9.
  36. Kestle JR, Drake JM, Cochrane DD, Milner R, Walker ML, Abbott R 3rd, Boop F (2003). Lack of benefit of endoscopic ventriculoperitoneal shunt insertion: a multicenter randomized trial. Journal of neurosurgery, 98(2), 284-90.
  37. Liu JK, Tenner MS, Gottfried ON, Stevens EA, Rosenow JM, Madan N, MacDonald JD, Kestle JR, Couldwell W (2004). Efficacy of multiple intraarterial papaverine infusions for improvement in cerebral circulation time in patients with recurrent cerebral vasospasm. Journal of neurosurgery, 100(3), 414-21.
  38. Klimo P Jr, Kestle JR, MacDonald JD, Schmidt R (2004). Marked reduction of cerebral vasospasm with lumbar drainage of cerebrospinal fluid after subarachnoid hemorrhage. Journal of neurosurgery, 100(2), 215-24.
  39. Klimo P Jr, Thompson CJ, Drake J, Kestle J (2004). Assessing the validity of the endoscopic shunt insertion trial: did surgical experience affect the results?. Journal of neurosurgery, 101(2 Suppl), 130-3.
  40. Kestle JR, Walker M (2005). A multicenter prospective cohort study of the Strata valve for the management of hydrocephalus in pediatric patients. Journal of neurosurgery, 102(2 Suppl), 141-5.
  41. Kestle J, Townsend JJ, Brockmeyer DL, Walker M (2004). Juvenile pilocytic astrocytoma of the brainstem in children. Journal of neurosurgery, 101(1 Suppl), 1-6.
  42. Anderson RC, Kan P, Klimo P, Brockmeyer DL, Walker ML, Kestle J (2004). Complications of intracranial pressure monitoring in children with head trauma. Journal of neurosurgery, 101(1 Suppl), 53-8.
  43. Klimo P Jr, Kestle J (2005). Potentially useful outcome measures for clinical research in pediatric neurosurgery. Journal of neurosurgery, 103(3 Suppl), 207-12.
  44. Kestle JR, Cochrane DD, Drake J (2006). Shunt insertion in the summer: is it safe?. Journal of neurosurgery, 105(3 Suppl), 165-8.
  45. Kestle JR, Garton HJ, Whitehead WE, Drake JM, Kulkarni AV, Cochrane DD, Muszynski C, Walker M (2006). Management of shunt infections: a multicenter pilot study. Journal of neurosurgery, 105(3 Suppl), 177-81.
  46. Kan P, Amini A, Hansen K, White GL Jr, Brockmeyer DL, Walker ML, Kestle J (2006). Outcomes after decompressive craniectomy for severe traumatic brain injury in children. Journal of neurosurgery, 105(5 Suppl), 337-42.
  47. Kan P, Walker ML, Drake JM, Kestle J (2007). Predicting slitlike ventricles in children on the basis of baseline characteristics at the time of shunt insertion. Journal of neurosurgery, 106(5 Suppl), 347-9.
  48. Binning M, Ragel B, Brockmeyer DL, Walker ML, Kestle J (2007). Evaluation of the necessity of postoperative imaging after craniosynostosis surgery. Journal of neurosurgery, 107(1 Suppl), 43-5.
  49. 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 (2007). Priorities for hydrocephalus research: report from a National Institutes of Health-sponsored workshop. Journal of neurosurgery, 107(5 Suppl), 345-57.
  50. La Barge DV 3rd, Ng PP, Stevens EA, Friedline NK, Kestle JR, Schmidt R (2009). Extended intracranial applications for ethylene vinyl alcohol copolymer (Onyx): mycotic and dissecting aneurysms. Technical note. Journal of neurosurgery, 111(1), 114-8.
  51. Kestle J (2011). The less you look, the less you find. Journal of neurosurgery, 115(5), 1038-9; author reply 1039.
  52. 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". Journal of neurosurgery, 123(6), 1427-38.
  53. Guan J, Brock AA, Karsy M, Couldwell WT, Schmidt MH, Kestle JRW, Jensen RL, Dailey AT, Schmidt R (2017). Managing overlapping surgery: an analysis of 1018 neurosurgical and spine cases. Journal of neurosurgery, 127(5), 1096-1104.
  54. Jensen RL, Alzhrani G, Kestle JRW, Brockmeyer DL, Lamb SM, Couldwell W (2017). Neurosurgeon as educator: a review of principles of adult education and assessment applied to neurosurgery. Journal of neurosurgery, 127(4), 949-957.
  55. Guan J, Karsy M, Brock AA, Couldwell WT, Kestle JRW, Jensen RL, Dailey AT, Schmidt R (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. Journal of neurosurgery, 129(2), 515-523.
  56. Karsy M, Henderson F, Tenny S, Guan J, Amps JW, Friedman AH, Spiotta AM, Patel S, Kestle JRW, Jensen RL, Couldwell W (2018). Attitudes and opinions of US neurosurgical residents toward research and scholarship: a national survey. Journal of neurosurgery, 131(1), 252-263.
  57. Guan J, Karsy M, Brock AA, Couldwell WT, Kestle JRW, Jensen RL, Dailey AT, Bisson EF, Schmidt R (2018). Analysis of an overlapping surgery policy change on costs in a high-volume neurosurgical department. Journal of neurosurgery, 131(3), 1-8.
  58. Kestle JRW, Cochrane DD, Drake J (2006). Response to editorial: summer shunting. Journal of neurosurgery, 105, 163-164.
  59. 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. The Journal of pediatrics, 164(6), 1462-8.e2.
  60. 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. The Journal of pediatrics, 179, 185-191.e2.
  61. Kestle J (2003). Pediatric hydrocephalus: current management. Neurologic clinics, 21(4), 883-95, vii.
  62. 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, D'Alton ME, Farmer DL, MOMS Investigators (Kestle JR) (2011). A randomized trial of prenatal versus postnatal repair of myelomeningocele. The New England journal of medicine, 364(11), 993-1004.
  63. Kestle J, Cochrane D, Alisharan (2000). The initial treatment of hydrocephalus: an assessment of surgeons' preference between third ventriculostomy and shunt insertion. Neurological research, 22(1), 65-8.
  64. Garton HJ, Kestle JR, Cochrane DD, Steinbok (2002). A cost-effectiveness analysis of endoscopic third ventriculostomy. Neurosurgery, 51(1), 69-77; discussion 77-8.
  65. Kulkarni AV, Drake JM, Kestle JR, Mallucci CL, Sgouros S, Constantini (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.
  66. Yong RL, Habrock-Bach T, Vaughan M, Kestle JR, Steinbok (2011). Symptomatic retethering of the spinal cord after section of a tight filum terminale. Neurosurgery, 68(6), 1594-601; discussion 1601-2.
  67. Cress M, Kestle JR, Holubkov R, Riva-Cambrin (2013). Risk factors for pediatric arachnoid cyst rupture/hemorrhage: a case-control study. Neurosurgery, 72(5), 716-22; discussion 722.
  68. Al-Tamimi YZ, Sinha P, Chumas PD, Crimmins D, Drake J, Kestle J, Hayward R, Solanki GA, Thomson S, Thorne (2014). Ventriculoperitoneal shunt 30-day failure rate: a retrospective international cohort study. Neurosurgery, 74(1), 29-34.
  69. Garber ST, Karsy M, Kestle JRW, Siddiqi F, Spanos SP, Riva-Cambrin (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.
  70. Ravindra VM, Kestle JR (2019). Writing a Clinical Research Question. Neurosurgery, 84(1), 12-16.
  71. Tuan TJ, Thorell EA, Hamblett NM, Kestle JR, Rosenfeld M, Simon T (2011). Treatment and microbiology of repeated cerebrospinal fluid shunt infections in children. The Pediatric infectious disease journal, 30(9), 731-5.
  72. Simon TD, Whitlock KB, Riva-Cambrin J, Kestle JR, Rosenfeld M, Dean JM, Holubkov R, Langley M, Hamblett N (2012). Revision surgeries are associated with significant increased risk of subsequent cerebrospinal fluid shunt infection. The Pediatric infectious disease journal, 31(6), 551-6.
  73. Carter-Febres M, Schneller N, Fair D, Solomon D, Perry A, Roy A, Linscott L, Alashari M, Kestle JR, Bruggers C (2021). Adjuvant Maintenance Larotrectinib Therapy in 2 Children With NTRK Fusion-positive High-grade Cancers. Journal of pediatric hematology/oncology, 43(7), e987-e990.
  74. Klimo P Jr, Thompson CJ, Kestle JR, Schmidt M (2005). A meta-analysis of surgery versus conventional radiotherapy for the treatment of metastatic spinal epidural disease. Neuro-oncology, 7(1), 64-76.
  75. Klimo P Jr, Kestle JR, Schmidt M (2003). Treatment of metastatic spinal epidural disease: a review of the literature. Neurosurgical focus, 15(5), E1.
  76. Kestle JR, Kulkarni AV, Warf B (2016). Introduction: Pediatric hydrocephalus: a continuing evolution in our understanding and management. Neurosurgical focus, 41(5), E1.
  77. 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 (2021). Management of sagittal synostosis in the Synostosis Research Group: baseline data and early outcomes. Neurosurgical focus, 50(4), E3.
  78. 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) (2021). Hydrocephalus treatment in patients with craniosynostosis: an analysis from the Hydrocephalus Clinical Research Network prospective registry. Neurosurgical focus, 50(4), E11.
  79. Di Rocco C, Kestle JRW, Hayward R, Taylor J (2021). Introduction. Controversies in the management of single-suture craniosynostosis. Neurosurgical focus, 50(4), E1.
  80. Verma A, Zhou H, Chin S, Bruggers C, Kestle J, Khatua (2012). EGFR as a predictor of relapse in myxopapillary ependymoma. Pediatric blood & cancer, 59(4), 746-8.
  81. 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.
  82. Simon TD, Riva-Cambrin J, Srivastava R, Bratton SL, Dean JM, Kestle J (2008). Hospital care for children with hydrocephalus in the United States: utilization, charges, comorbidities, and deaths. Journal of neurosurgery. Pediatrics, 1(2), 131-7.
  83. Vachhrajani S, Kulkarni AV, Kestle J (2009). Clinical practice guidelines. Journal of neurosurgery. Pediatrics, 3(4), 249-56.
  84. Wellons JC, Shannon CN, Kulkarni AV, Simon TD, Riva-Cambrin J, Whitehead WE, Oakes WJ, Drake JM, Luerssen TG, Walker ML, Kestle J (2009). A multicenter retrospective comparison of conversion from temporary to permanent cerebrospinal fluid diversion in very low birth weight infants with posthemorrhagic hydrocephalus. Journal of neurosurgery. Pediatrics, 4(1), 50-5.
  85. 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. Journal of neurosurgery. Pediatrics, 4(2), 156-65.
  86. Simon TD, Hall M, Dean JM, Kestle JR, Riva-Cambrin (2010). Reinfection following initial cerebrospinal fluid shunt infection. Journal of neurosurgery. Pediatrics, 6(3), 277-85.
  87. Kulkarni AV, Drake JM, Kestle JR, Mallucci CL, Sgouros S, Constantini (2010). Predicting who will benefit from endoscopic third ventriculostomy compared with shunt insertion in childhood hydrocephalus using the ETV Success Score. Journal of neurosurgery. Pediatrics, 6(4), 310-5.
  88. 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. Journal of neurosurgery. Pediatrics, 8(1), 22-9.
  89. Simon TD, Whitlock KB, Riva-Cambrin J, Kestle JR, Rosenfeld M, Dean JM, Holubkov R, Langley M, Mayer-Hamblett (2012). Association of intraventricular hemorrhage secondary to prematurity with cerebrospinal fluid shunt surgery in the first year following initial shunt placement. Journal of neurosurgery. Pediatrics, 9(1), 54-63.
  90. Riva-Cambrin J, Shannon CN, Holubkov R, Whitehead WE, Kulkarni AV, Drake J, Simon TD, Browd SR, Kestle JR, Wellons JC 3r (2012). Center effect and other factors influencing temporization and shunting of cerebrospinal fluid in preterm infants with intraventricular hemorrhage. Journal of neurosurgery. Pediatrics, 9(5), 473-81.
  91. Wellons JC 3rd, Holubkov R, Browd SR, Riva-Cambrin J, Whitehead W, Kestle J, Kulkarni A (2013). The assessment of bulging fontanel and splitting of sutures in premature infants: an interrater reliability study by the Hydrocephalus Clinical Research Network. Journal of neurosurgery. Pediatrics, 11(1), 12-4.
  92. Kalra RR, Kestle J (2013). An assessment of academic productivity in pediatric neurosurgery. Journal of neurosurgery. Pediatrics, 12(3), 262-5.
  93. 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 W (2013). Outcomes of CSF shunting in children: comparison of Hydrocephalus Clinical Research Network cohort with historical controls: clinical article. Journal of neurosurgery. Pediatrics, 12(4), 334-8.
  94. Whitehead WE, Riva-Cambrin J, Wellons JC 3rd, Kulkarni AV, Holubkov R, Illner A, Oakes WJ, Luerssen TG, Walker ML, Drake JM, Kestle J (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. Journal of neurosurgery. Pediatrics, 12(6), 565-74.
  95. Gross P, Reed GT, Engelmann R, Kestle J (2014). Hydrocephalus research funding from the National Institutes of Health: a 10-year perspective. Journal of neurosurgery. Pediatrics, 13(2), 145-50.
  96. 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 J (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. Journal of neurosurgery. Pediatrics, 14(2), 173-8.
  97. 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 W (2014). Endoscopic third ventriculostomy and choroid plexus cauterization in infants with hydrocephalus: a retrospective Hydrocephalus Clinical Research Network study. Journal of neurosurgery. Pediatrics, 14(3), 224-9.
  98. Spader HS, Hertzler DA, Kestle JR, Riva-Cambrin (2015). Risk factors for infection and the effect of an institutional shunt protocol on the incidence of ventricular access device infections in preterm infants. Journal of neurosurgery. Pediatrics, 15(2), 156-60.
  99. Gopalakrishnan CV, Kestle JR, Connolly M (2015). The "vagal ansa": a source of complication in vagus nerve stimulation. Journal of neurosurgery. Pediatrics, 15(5), 535-8.
  100. Kestle JR (2015). Editorial: Measuring resident operative skills. Journal of neurosurgery. Pediatrics, 16(5), 495-496.
  101. 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. Journal of neurosurgery. Pediatrics, 17(4), 382-90.
  102. 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 W (2016). A new Hydrocephalus Clinical Research Network protocol to reduce cerebrospinal fluid shunt infection. Journal of neurosurgery. Pediatrics, 17(4), 391-6.
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  129. Jensen RL, Kestle JRW, Brockmeyer DL, Couldwell W (2021). Principles of Remediation for the Struggling Neurosurgery Resident. World neurosurgery, 146, e1118-e1125.
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  141. Scoville J, Joyce E, Harper J, Hunsaker J, Gren L, Porucznik C, Kestle JR (2022). A survey and analysis of pediatric stroke protocols. Journal of stroke and cerebrovascular diseases, 31(9), 106661.
  142. 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 J (2022). Hydrocephalus surveillance following CSF diversion: a modified Delphi study. Journal of neurosurgery. Pediatrics, 1-11.
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  170. Tamber MS, Jensen H, Reeder R, Clawson J, Nunn N, Kestle JR (2025). Surgeon perceptions and utilization of evidence-based medicine. Journal of neurosurgery. Pediatrics, 36(3), 271-277.
  171. Ghauri MS, Brandel MG, Kestle JRW, Riva-Cambrin JK, Whitehead WE, Ravindra V (2026). Hospital care for children with hydrocephalus in the United States: resource utilization, charges, comorbidities, and deaths (2006-2019). Journal of neurosurgery. Pediatrics, 37(1), 77-86.
  172. Feldman MJ, Jensen H, Arynchyna-Smith A, Reeder RW, Rozzelle CJ, Strahle JM, Whitehead WE, Pindrik J, Isaacs AM, Hauptman JS, Langley M, McDonald PJ, Tamber MS, Pollack IF, Jackson EM, Wellons JC 3rd, Naftel R, Hankinson TC, Kulkarni AV, Riva-Cambrin J, Kestle JRW, Rocque B (2025). Effect of endoscopic third ventriculostomy on subsequent shunt failure: a Hydrocephalus Clinical Research Network study. Journal of neurosurgery. Pediatrics, 1-8.
  173. Tamber MS, Jensen H, Reeder R, Clawson J, Nunn N, Kestle JR (2025). Effect of a recommended shunt infection prevention protocol on perioperative practices and infection rates in the Hydrocephalus Clinical Research Network-Quality. Journal of neurosurgery. Pediatrics, 1-6.
  174. Karuparti S, Jensen H, Reeder RW, Rocque BG, Ravindra VM, Kestle JRW, Wellons JC 3rd, Tamber MS, Isaacs AM, McDonald PJ, Riva-Cambrin J, Hankinson TC, Jackson EM, Pollack IF, Kulkarni AV, Chiarelli PA, Holubkov R, Whitehead WE, Strahle J (2026). Clinical presentation of hydrocephalus following pre- and postnatal myelomeningocele repair: a Hydrocephalus Clinical Research Network study. Journal of neurosurgery. Pediatrics, 37(4), 289-296.
  175. Ravindra VM, Kestle JRW, Jensen H, Kulkarni AV, Limbrick DD Jr, Stanton A, Wellons JC 3rd, Naftel RP, Rozzelle CJ, Rocque BG, Pollack IF, Tamber MS, Browd SR, Pindrik J, Isaacs AM, McDonald PJ, Hankinson TC, Jackson EM, Krieger MD, Simon TD, Strahle JM, Holubkov R, Reeder R, Chiarelli P, Nunn N, Bayhon MV, Karuparti S, Schulz L, Ludwick A, White S, Davis D, Staulcup S, Becerra J, Weir A, Molot-Toker S, Oliver T, Dastagirzada Y, Berroya H, Whitehead WE, Riva-Cambrin J, Hydrocephalus Clinical Research Networ (2026). Necrotizing Enterocolitis and Shunt Survival in Premature Infants with Posthemorrhagic Hydrocephalus: A Hydrocephalus Clinical Research Network Study. The Journal of pediatrics, 114985.

Review

  1. Browd SR, Ragel BT, Gottfried ON, Kestle J (2006). Failure of cerebrospinal fluid shunts: part I: Obstruction and mechanical failure. Pediatric neurology, 34(2), 83-92.
  2. Browd SR, Gottfried ON, Ragel BT, Kestle J (2006). Failure of cerebrospinal fluid shunts: part II: overdrainage, loculation, and abdominal complications. Pediatric neurology, 34(3), 171-6.
  3. Drake JM, Kestle JR, Tuli (2000). CSF shunts 50 years on--past, present and future. Child's nervous system, 16(10-11), 800-4.
  4. Drake JM, Kestle JR, Tuli (2000). Cerebrospinal fluid shunt technology. Clinical neurosurgery, 47, 336-45.
  5. Drake J, Chumas P, Kestle J, Pierre-Kahn A, Vinchon M, Brown J, Pollack IF, Arai (2006). Late rapid deterioration after endoscopic third ventriculostomy: additional cases and review of the literature. Journal of neurosurgery, 105(2 Suppl), 118-26.
  6. Liu JK, Cole CD, Kestle JR, Brockmeyer DL, Walker M (2005). Cranial base strategies for resection of craniopharyngioma in children. Neurosurgical focus, 18(6A), E9.
  7. Binning MJ, Liu JK, Kestle JR, Brockmeyer DL, Walker M (2007). Optic pathway gliomas: a review. Neurosurgical focus, 23(5), E2.
  8. Ravindra VM, Kraus KL, Riva-Cambrin JK, Kestle J (2015). The Need for Cost-Effective Neurosurgical Innovation--A Global Surgery Initiative. World neurosurgery, 84(5), 1458-61.
  9. Low SYY, Kestle JRW, Walker ML, Seow W (2023). Cerebrospinal fluid shunt malfunctions: A reflective review. Child's nervous system, 39, 2719-2728.
  10. Whitehead WE, Rozzelle CJ, Riva-Cambrin J, Wellons JC III, Kulkarni A, Hankinson T, McDonald P, Krieger M, Pollack IF, Tamber MS, Pindrick JA, Limbrick D, Hauptman JS, Naftel RP, Jackson E, Browd S, Holubkov R, Reeder R, Wall V, Jensen H, Koschnitsky J, Gross P, Drake JM, Kestle JRW, Hydrocephalus Clinical Research Networ (2022).

Book Chapter

  1. Anderson R, Garton H, Kestle JR (2007). Treatment of hydrocephalus with shunts.
  2. Browd S, Kestle (2006). Peri-insular hemispherotomy. 585-588.
  3. Kestle J, Drake (2004). Patterns of shunt failure according to the hydrodynamic features of the valve: Lessons from the Shunt Design Trial.
  4. Rao G, Kestle (2005). Pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma.
  5. Kestle (2010). Tumors of the cranial vault in children. Chapter 48, 629-635.
  6. Wetjen N, Kestle (2010). Peri-insular hemispherotomy. Chapter 28, 251-259.
  7. Rao G, Kestle (2006). Calvarial tumors in children.
  8. Kestle J (2009). Clinical trials in hydrocephalus: What have we learned?. Chapter 26, 488-493.
  9. Kestle (2001). Design of clinical trials.
  10. Kestle (2003). Communicating hydrocephalus.
  11. Kan P, Kestle JR (2008). Brainstem tumors. Chapter 26, 277-286.
  12. Kestle JR (2011). Hydrocephalus in children: Approach to the patient.
  13. Kalra RS, Kestle (2014). Treatment of hydrocephalus with shunts.
  14. Sivakumar W, Ravindra VM, Riva-Cambrin J, Kestle J (2016). Ventricular shunting for hydrocephalus. 316-.
  15. Garber S, Kestle JR (2014). Brain stem tumors. Chapter 27,
  16. Kestle J (2017). Hydrocephalus in children: etiology and overall management.
  17. Ravindra VM, Sivakumar W, Kraus KL, Riva-Cambrin JK, Kestle J (2020). Clinical Management Guidelines. Chapter 33,
  18. Lo WB, Mathieu F, Riva-Cambrin J, Kestle J, Kulkarni (2018). Using multi-center clinical registries to improve outcomes. 141-167.

Conference Proceedings

  1. 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 (2016). Surgical apparoch to treatment of first cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) shunt infection is associated with reinfection. 70, 4450-4457.
  2. 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 (2016). Adherence to guidelines in treatment for first cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) shunt infection. 70, 2165-2168.
  3. 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 (2016). Hydrocephalus Clinical Research Network (HCRN) Shunt Infection Protocol Implementation Across Pediatric Neurosurgery ¿ A Cross-Sectional Survey.

Case Report

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

Editorial

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

Letter

  1. Riva-Cambrin J, Kestle J (2014). In reply. Neurosurgery, 74(1), E153-4.
  2. Riva-Cambrin J, Kestle JRW, Simon TD, The Hydrocephalus Clinical Research Networ (2016). Author's response to editorial. Journal of neurosurgery. Pediatrics, 17(4), 380-381.
  3. Drake JM, Kestle J (1998). Determining the best cerebrospinal fluid shunt valve design: the pediatric valve design trial. Neurosurgery, 43(5), 1259-60.

Abstract

  1. Cochrane D, Kestle (2002). Ventricular shunting for hydrocephalus in children: patients, procedures, surgeons and institutions. The Canadian journal of neurological sciences. Le journal canadien des sciences neurologiques, 29, S20.
  2. Basheer S, Connolly M, Sherman E, Hendson G, Kestle J, Steinbok (2004). Hemispheric surgery for instractable epilepsy: outcome and complications. The Canadian journal of neurological sciences. Le journal canadien des sciences neurologiques, 31, S1.
  3. Aldana PR, Kestle J, Brockmeyer DL, Walker M (2002). Results of endoscopic septostomy in the treatment of isolated ventricular hydrocephalus. Child's nervous system, 18, 547.
  4. Kestle J, Van Orman (2005). Surgery for localized epilepsy in children. Child's nervous system, 21, 846.
  5. 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 (2013). Validation of magnetoencephalography (MEG) as presurgical evaluation tool in pediatric patients with localization-related intractable epilepsy. Neurology, 80, PD4. 004.
  6. Kestle J, Drake J, Cochrane D, Milner R for the ESIT participant (2001). The Endoscopic Shunt Insertion Trial: primary results.ß. Neurosurgery, 49, 530.
  7. Yong RL, Habrock-Bach T, Vaughan M, Kestle JR, Steinbok (2011). Symptomatic retethering of the spinal cord after section of a tight filum terminale. Neurosurgery, 68, 1594-1601.
  8. Kestle J for the Strata Valve Study Grou (2001). Clinical experience with the Strata valve. 26, 255.
  9. Kestle (2001). Pediatric peri-insular hemispherotomy. 26, 297.
  10. Kestle J, Drake (2001). Axillary nerve injuries in children. 26, 246.
  11. Kestle (2001). Endoscopic shunt insertion trial. 26, 251.
  12. Simon TD, Whitlock K, Riva-Cambrin J, Kestle J, Rosenfeld M, Dean JM, Holubkov R, Langley M, Hamblett (2010). Risk factors for CSF shunt infection in patients undergoing CSF shunt placement. 65, 4502.89.
  13. Maese L, Bruggers C, Putnam A, Kestle J, Moore (2015). Extended bevacizumab and irinotecan therapy in pediatric pilomyxoid astrocytoma. 62, 83.

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), 505-514.

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