[Endoscopic ventriculostomy of the third ventricle in infants of less than 2 years of age].

The efficiency of endoscopic ventriculostomy (EVS) of the third ventricle is noticeably lower in small children than in adults and many surgeons prefer to shunt them despite the fact that revision has to be resorted to in half of the cases. Recent reports on the successful use of EVS in infants under 2 years of age have made the authors to revise traditional views. A sample of 20 babies (mean age 9.