[Experience with the management of scapula fractures]

Authors have treated 37 fractures of the scapula during 3 years. The questions of the aetiology, classification, diagnosis and therapy of this injury are reviewed. It is stated that the majority of the scapula fractures heal on conservative therapy; in consequence the functional treatment has a leading role. The fractures of the articular surfaces with step formation, the fractures of the scapular neck process dislocated in a high degree, or unstable fractures of the scapular neck combined with the comminutive fractures of the operative therapy are assessed. Attention is called to the most frequent operative complications and to the possibility of their prevention.