CSF Leaks due to Electric Scooter Injury

Jee-Hong Kim; Marshall Ge; Peiyi Su; Jeffrey D Suh; Elisabeth H Ference

doi:10.1002/lary.29104

CSF Leaks due to Electric Scooter Injury

Laryngoscope. 2021 Apr;131(4):E1035-E1037. doi: 10.1002/lary.29104. Epub 2020 Sep 23.

Authors

Jee-Hong Kim¹, Marshall Ge¹, Peiyi Su¹, Jeffrey D Suh², Elisabeth H Ference¹

Affiliations

¹ Caruso Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Keck School of Medicine of University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
² Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine of the University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, U.S.A.

PMID: 32965695
DOI: 10.1002/lary.29104

Abstract

Background: There has been a rapid increase in electric motorized scooter (e-scooter) usage after the introduction of dockless, shareable devices.

Methods: Case series from three tertiary hospitals in Los Angeles between May-September 2019.

Results: Five patients had skull base fractures and CSF leaks or pneumocephalus after e-scooter accident, none wore helmets. Two patients were treated with observation alone, two patients were treated with lumbar drain or external ventriculostomy placement, and one patient died of their injuries prior to definitive management.

Conclusion: Without appropriate safety policies in place, the number of such injuries may increase as the use of e-scooters increase. Laryngoscope, 131:E1035-E1037, 2021.

Keywords: CSF Leak; craniofacial trauma; motorized scooter; skull base trauma.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Accidents, Traffic*
Adolescent
Adult
Alcoholic Intoxication
Cerebrospinal Fluid Leak / diagnostic imaging
Cerebrospinal Fluid Leak / etiology*
Cerebrospinal Fluid Leak / therapy*
Female
Humans
Male
Motor Vehicles
Pneumocephalus / diagnostic imaging
Pneumocephalus / etiology
Pneumocephalus / therapy
Skull Fractures / diagnostic imaging
Skull Fractures / etiology
Skull Fractures / therapy