This review summarises the most recent data on the clinical significance of vitamin D in adult orthopaedics and traumatology. It covers practical aspects of vitamin D supplementation, along with their pathophysiological and epidemiological rationale. Special attention is given to the association between low vitamin D status and worse postoperative outcomes.
Keywords: calcifediol; calcitriol; cholecalciferol; osteomalacia; osteoporosis; vitamin D.