The importance of vitamin D in treatment of fracture non-union: a case report

Moonen, L.; Gorter, E.; Schipper, I. (2021)

Article / Letter to editor

The prevalence of hypovitaminosis D is currently increasing. A wide variety of diseases and complications are associated with low vitamin D serum concentrations, including poor fracture healing and fracture non-union. A healthy 44-y-old man presented himself with pain due to a non-union of a femoral shaft fracture at 4 y after the initial injury. The fracture had been operated upon three times and was adequately fixated in anatomic position. Hypovitaminosis D was diagnosed, and subsequent supplementation resulted in complete union of the fracture with full pain relief. This case illustrates the importance of adequate serum vitamin D levels in fracture healing, in addition to other fracture healing facilitating factors. With the increasing prevalence of hypovitaminosis D and possibly associated fracture-related complications, routine vitamin D determination should become part of clinical workup in cases of fracture non-union. (c) 2021 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

• Non-union
• Vitamin D
• Fracture healing

• All authors: Moonen, L.; Gorter, E.; Schipper, I.
• Date: 2021-07-01
• Journal: Nutrition
• Volume: 87-88
• DOI: doi:10.1016/j.nut.2021.111192
• Link: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S089990072100054X?via%...