ETV in infancy and childhood below 2 years of age for treatment of hydrocephalus.
Ahmed El DamatySascha MarxGesa CohrsMarcus VollmerAhmed EltanahyEhab El RefaeeJoerg BaldaufSteffen FleckHeidi BaechliAhmed ZohdiMichael SynowitzAndreas UnterbergHenry W S SchroederPublished in: Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery (2020)
Factors suggesting a high possibility of failure were age < 3 months and etiology such as Chiari-type II or following infection. Altered CSF dynamics in patients with PHH and under-developed arachnoid villi may play a role in ETV failure. We do not recommend ETV as first line in children < 3 months of age or in case of Chiari II or following infection.