Özet:

Currently, endoscopic third ventriculostomy is considered as the first choice in the treatment of non-communicating hydrocephalus. But the urge of the physician, to provide a shuntfree survival for his patients, leads to performing the procedure in a diverse group of patients. The aim of this study was to review 31 cases of endoscopic third ventriculostomy, performed in patients less than one year old, retrospectively, to report the rates of success and complications. Seventeen of the patients were male and 14 was female. The average age of the patients was 4 months. All the cases, who did not required a shunt surgery following endoscopic third ventriculostomy, was considered as successfull. Average follow-up period was 25 months. The rate of success was % 71. A transient 3rd nerve paresis was observed in one of the patients. As a conclusion, endoscopic third ventriculostomy can provide a shunt-free survival, also for the patients less than one year old.

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