Current Issue - November 2013, Volume 7, Issue No. 3

Fractures of the scapula body are relatively rare constituting 1% of all fractures and 5% of all fractures around shoulder ¹. They are usually caused due to high energy vehicular trauma or fall of heavy object over scapula ^1,2,3. In most cases of scapula fractures, early functional treatment gives good or excellent results ^1,2. Operative treatment may however be indicated in highly displaced scapular body fractures, glenoid fossa fractures, surgical and anatomical neck fractures ^1,2,3,4. Very little has been published regarding the operative management of such fractures and the literature that is available, involves only a few patients ^1,3. We report two patients who had isolated fracture of scapula that were treated surgically.

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