Objective To investigate the effects of metformin and glucagon like polypeptide -1 on fracture recovery in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus(DM). Methods We selected 120 patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus from May 2016 to April 2017 in department of orthopedicsin in our hospital and randomly divided them into 5 groups, 24 cases in each group,includingthe low dose of metformin monotherapy group (A1), the high dose of metformin monotherapy group (A2), single drug GLP-1 group (B), and GLP-1 group low dose of metformin combination (C1) and high dose of metformin combination with GLP-1 group (C2). The low dose of metformin was 0.5 g / time, 2 times a day for oral administration. The high dose was 0.5 g / time, 4 times a day. Subcutaneous injection of liraglutide was once daily, starting at a daily dose of 0.6 mg, 1.2 mg daily after 1 week and 1.8 mg daily after another week. After an ideal level of blood glucose control, corresponding surgical procedures should be performed according to standard surgical methods and procedures. Diet control and other symptomatic treatments were also given. The femoral neck bone mineral density (BMD) and the Harris system score were examined at the first, third, and sixth month respectively. Results With the prolongation of treatment time, the BMD value and Harris system score in the A1 group, C1 group, C2 group were increased. After surgery in March and June, the BMD and Harris score of C1 group were higher than that of A1 group (P<0.05). The bone mineral density and Harris score of C1 group was significantly higher than that of group C2 (P<0.05). Conclusion Glucagon like peptide -1 may promote the fracture recovery and functional recovery in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus, and with combination of low dose metformin is more effective than that with high dose metformin.