Abstract
The history of treatment of scapula fractures is closely connected with the history of French surgery. Paré, Petit, Du Verney, Desault and Malgaigne were the first to point out the existence of these fractures.
Mayo Robson in 1884, Lambotte in 1910, Lane in 1914, and later Robert Judet were the pioneers of operative treatment. Subsequently, their concepts were used by AO/ASIF which improved the methods of internal fixation of these fractures.
Current studies focus upon the specification of indication criteria of operative treatment of extra-articular fractures of the scapular body and neck that, however, have not been unified as yet.
