Condition: Femur Shaft Fracture · Tibia Fractures · Vitamin D · Sponsor: Aga Khan University Hospital, Pakistan
Femur and tibia shaft fractures are common after trauma with a burden of 5% and 20% respectively. Clinicians recommend costly bone strengthening drugs/supplements while treating bone fractures. These drugs have side effects and are costly due to which patients skip these supplements. Routinely prescribed vitamin D have known toxicity. To overcome this problem, affordable and safe alternative treatment is needed. Sweet almonds contain essential bone nutrients that might have potential for maintaining bone strength. Human and animal studies have shown positive impact of almonds on bone health and fracture healing. Almonds are consumed in diet frequently but may occasionally cause toxicity, mainly if consumed at higher amount. Because of the high bone essential nutrients in almonds, the trial aimed to investigate the fracture healing effect and safety of almonds in femur and tibia shaft fractures. This might provide an alternate option for bone supplants while treating fractures. Hypothesis: Compared to routine vitamin D3, almonds non-inferiorly improves fracture callus index and raise vitamin D3 level in blood in femur and tibia shaft fracture patients. Primary Objectives: 1. To compare tibia and femur shaft fracture callus index and callus bridging on x-rays at 4 and 13 weeks herewith group 1 suffering vitamin D insufficiency (arm A versus arm B) and group 2 suffering vitamin D deficiency (arm B versus arm C) treated as cross-over with oral whole almonds and vitamin D3. 2. …
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Zehra A Muhammad, M.B.B.S., M.S. Research · +92 21 54864746 · zehra.abdul@aku.edu
Tashfeen Ahmad, F.C.P.S., Ph.D. · +92 21 34864742 · tashfeen.ahmad@aku.edu
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