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[patientprivacy]

Fracture healing requires energy. It's said that an injured patient with multiple fractures may need 6000 calories per day, but I think that's too much. Would you say the caloric intake should be higher in LL than in simple fractures? It makes sense, but I would like to know your opinion.

[0184946]

Well, a simple fracture in a accident has a gap of maybe 0.3 cm-.8 cm or something like that. In limb lengthening the average gap is 7 cm in length. It is logical to assume the osteoblasts in the bone canal and matrix would need more vitamins and minerals to promote successful bone union. After all, the gap has to close at one point. I do think a patient has to consume more than they usually do when healthy.

[Johnson1111]

Good luck if you're eating 6000 calories a day lol.

[short2tall]

Eating 6,000 calories is not necessary. Remember that you aren't really moving around much during lengthening, so you burn few calories through activity. I ate my normal diet of 2,500 or 3,000 calories and added a few weight gainer shakes here and there and I didn't lose too much weight. It's almost impossible to eat as much as some recommend. To eat 6,000 calories of quality food is almost impossible. To get that many calories you would be eating lots of junk food and you would just end up getting fat.

[patientprivacy]

Would you say a low carb diet (e.g. ketogenic diet) is good (or not bad) for bone regeneration?