title: [Diagnosis and treatment of scapula fractures].
abstract: Scapula fractures are rare and frequently occur secondary to high-energy trauma. Ninety percent of patients are often accompied with other potentially life-threatening injuries. Diagnosis of scapula fractures are often overlooked for the heavy injuries during the first diagnosing. Most patients can get satisfactory outcome by conservative treatment. However,the operative intervention should be considered for the patients who have displaced or intra-articular fracture in order to accelerat fracture healing and improve functional recovery. In this paper,we reviewed the diagnosis and treatment of scapula fractures.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics, Beijing Army General Hospital, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Hao
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Zhi
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D012540:Scapula / Q000293:injuries*