Vitamin D being recommended before many surgeries
Vitamin D is needed before many surgeries – many studies and RCTs (VitaminDWiki page contains:)
23+ studies: Much better outcome if add Vitamin D before/after surgery
Orthopaedic surgeries need Vitamin D – many studies
Large dose Vitamin D before surgery was found to help by 35 studies
Surgery complications cut in half by 300,000 IU of vitamin D 2 weeks before (hip and knee) – RCT May 2024
Rotator Cuff repair using Vitamin D lowers medical cost by 46 dollars – June 2023
Better Surgical outcomes if preceded by Vitamin D loading dose – Oct 2018
Little risk of infection after surgery if have more than 50 ng of vitamin D - 2014
Children in Intensive Care need Vitamin D loading dose of 10000 IU per kg (nearing a consensus) - Oct 2016
Esophageal Cancer surgery helped by 300,000 IU of Vitamin D – RCT Sept 2018
Surgeries more successful if high vitamin D (tympanic membrane in this case) – Nov 2022
Heart
Taking Vitamin D just before and after surgery helps (open-heart in this case) – RCT Feb 2021
Half as much AFIB after bypass if 600,000 IU of vitamin D before surgery – RCT April 2022
Getting Vitamin D before heart surgery prevented Afib in those who had been deficient – July 2018
Bone
Foot and Ankle Surgeries should benefit from Vitamin D – Feb 2019
Spinal Fusion complications 2.2 X more likely if low Vitamin D – Dec 2020
Brain
Surgeries to re-establish blood in brain, heart, etc. are far more successful with high Vitamin D levels – March 2022
Fewer days in hospital if 300,000 IU of vitamin D before brain surgery - RCT Feb 2021
Traumatic Brain Injury – 120,000 IU of Vitamin D resulted in 3 fewer days on ventilators – RCT March 2020
Cancer
Restore your Vitamin D levels before surgery (Gastric Cancer in this case) - Jan 2023
Esophageal Cancer surgery helped by 300,000 IU of Vitamin D – RCT Sept 2018
TB
Spinal TB surgery now includes Vitamin D as the standard of care (5,000 IU daily) – Sept 2024
Thyroid
Half as many problems if take Vitamin D (300,000 IU) before thyroidectomy – RCT Jan 2021
Pre-operative Vitamin D often helps (thyroidectomy in this case) – June 2021
Vitamin D before surgery often helps (Thyroidectomy in this case) – Sept 2019
15+ studies: Poor surgery outcomes if low vitamin D
Surgery outcome worse if low vitamin D (lumbar spine surgery this time) – Nov 2019
Postoperative cognitive dysfunction 8 X more likely if low vitamin D – March 2018
3 additional hospital days after emergency neurosurgery if low vitamin D – Nov 2019
Surgical Site Infection 4X more likely if low vitamin D – Aug 2019
40% less likely to recover from TBI with Intracranial Injury if low vitamin D – June 2022
Crohn's Disease 4X less likely to reoccur after surgery if good level of vitamin D – Feb 2021
Delirium or cognitive problems after surgery 1.5X more likely if low vitamin D –meta-analysis Aug 2022
Kidney transplant rejection 1.8X more likely if low vitamin D – May 2021
Low vitamin D at ICU admission is associated with cancer, infections, acute respiratory insufficiency and liver failure – Oct 2018
More post-operative pain if low vitamin D before ( 2.4 X for Thoracoscopic) – Oct 2022
Spinal Fusion complications 2.2 X more likely if low Vitamin D – Dec 2020
Spinal Surgery patients – almost all have low vitamin D – Nov 2016
Surgery outcome worse if low vitamin D (lumbar spine surgery this time) – Nov 2019
Trauma with fracture – 2 weeks longer hospital stay if less than 10 ng vitamin D – Jan 2018
Vitamin D deficiency with severe sepsis increased risk of dying by 7.7 X – Nov 2017
5 studies: Surgeries reduce vitamin D Levels
Critical illness – Vitamin D levels start low and then drop for several days – Feb 2018
Vitamin D levels crash after various surgeries (cardiac in this case) – Nov 2021
After hip surgery Vitamin D levels dropped by 32 percent – Sept 2018
Surgeries often deplete Vitamin D - 300,000 IU resulted in little response – Nov 2018
Pro-inflammatory cytokines cause the 74 percent drop in vitamin D after knee arthroplasty – Feb 2014
6 suggestions for Vitamin D before/after surgery
400,000 IU of Vitamin D before surgery should cost-effectively reduce infection after knee replacement – May 2020
Vitamin D appears essential to survive many critical illnesses - review Oct 2018
Give Vitamin D before all spinal surgeries – no testing needed – June 2020
Vitamin D needed after most spinal surgeries (and before as well) – 2013
Foot and Ankle Surgeries should benefit from Vitamin D – Feb 2019
Use of Vitamin D in a trauma surgery - Dr. Matthews on Facebook – Jan 2020
20X fewer problems after surgery (noncardiac) if a high level of Vitamin D -2024
Spot on! Now, if only the medical profession would wake up to it’s real value!