Introduction This chapter builds on a new perspective of operative intervention in cases of marked displacement of scapular fractures, based on surgical indications covered in the last chapter ( Table 16.1 ). These surgical indications should be assessed with measurements…
Introduction Scapula fractures are receiving unprecedented attention in the orthopedic community, as illustrated by a simple PubMed search for “scapula fracture.” Search results provide only 82 publications in the 150 years from 1818 to 1967, followed by the 30-year span…
Introduction There has been a contemporary resurgence in the desire to understand scapula fractures in a way that aligns its diagnosis and treatment with other fractures considered by the orthopaedic surgeon. Perhaps this resurgence relates to the recognition that the…