Caracterización epidemiológica de pacientes operados por fractura de escápula en Hospital Traumatológico de Concepción durante los años 2019-2022.

Introduction: Scapula fractures have a low frequency. They occur mainly in the young population after high-energy trauma. Its treatment has historically been conservative; however, surgical treatment has shown better functional results in selected patients, the surgical indication being still controversial. The literature on patients treated surgically is scarce. General Objective: Characterize the patients operated on for scapular fracture at the Hospital Traumatológico de Concepción during the years 2019-2022. Materials and methods: Descriptive study that includes patients operated on for scapula fracture at the Concepción Trauma Hospital during the years 2019 to 2022, considering the variables sex, age, laterality, mechanism of injury and associated injuries. Results: Twenty patients were studied, of whom 90% were men, recording an average age of 41 years, with right scapula fracture being slightly more frequent than left. The main mechanisms of injury were traffic accidents and falls from a height, with associated injuries only in 45% of the cases. Conclusion: Scapula fractures have a high impact on the functionality of the affected limb, so their treatment today is evolving towards surgery in selected patients, in order to obtain better functional results. The patients operated on are mostly middle-aged male adults, with fractures secondary to high-energy trauma and the presence of associated lesions with low morbidity and mortality. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]