J R Kestle
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Recent Articles
1.
Whitehead W, Kestle J
Pediatr Neurosurg
. 2001 Nov;
35(4):205-10.
PMID: 11694798
It is our impression that the management strategy for infected cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) shunts varies significantly among pediatric neurosurgeons. The purpose of this paper is to present the results of...
2.
Garton H, Kestle J, Drake J
J Neurosurg
. 2001 Feb;
94(2):202-10.
PMID: 11213955
Object: In evaluating pediatric patients for shunt malfunction, predictive values for symptoms and signs are important in deciding which patients should undergo an imaging study, whereas determining clinical findings that...
3.
Drake J, Kestle J, Tuli S
Clin Neurosurg
. 2001 Feb;
47:336-45.
PMID: 11197710
No abstract available.
4.
Drake J, Kestle J, Tuli S
Childs Nerv Syst
. 2001 Jan;
16(10-11):800-4.
PMID: 11151733
Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) shunts were invented almost 50 years ago. While their introduction revolutionized the treatment of hydrocephalus, their complications have become legendary, and the focus of much investigation and...
5.
Kestle J
World J Surg
. 1999 Nov;
23(12):1205-9.
PMID: 10552107
The randomized clinical trial (RCT) is often referred to as the gold standard for the assessment of treatment efficacy. RCTs are receiving greater attention in the literature and higher priority...
6.
Drake J, Kestle J, Milner R, Cinalli G, Boop F, Piatt Jr J, et al.
Neurosurgery
. 1998 Aug;
43(2):294-303; discussion 303-5.
PMID: 9696082
Objective: Forty percent of standard cerebrospinal fluid shunts implanted for the treatment of pediatric hydrocephalus fail within the first year. Two new shunt valves designed to limit excess flow, particularly...
7.
Steinbok P, Reiner A, Kestle J
Dev Med Child Neurol
. 1997 Aug;
39(8):515-20.
PMID: 9295846
A randomized controlled trial was carried out to determine the effectiveness of therapeutic electrical stimulation (TES) in improving the function of children with spastic cerebral palsy (CP), who had undergone...
8.
Steinbok P, Kestle J
Pediatr Neurosurg
. 1996 Nov;
25(5):233-9.
PMID: 9309786
The extent of variation between centers in the electrophysiologic techniques used in lumbosacral selective dorsal rhizotomy (SDR) for spastic cerebral palsy was studied using a questionnaire survey. Nineteen centers completed...
9.
Steinbok P, Hentschel S, Cochrane D, Kestle J
J Neurosurg
. 1996 May;
84(5):726-32.
PMID: 8622143
The rationale for obtaining surveillance computerized tomography (CT) scans or magnetic resonance (MR) images in pediatric patients with brain tumors is that early detection of recurrence may result in timely...
10.
Steinbok P, Cochrane D, Kestle J
J Neurosurg
. 1996 Apr;
84(4):617-23.
PMID: 8613853
The purpose of this study was to determine the significance of "asymptomatic bacteriological shunt contamination" (ABSC), defined as a positive bacteriological culture found on a ventricular shunt component in the...