“…Although studies in dogs, minipigs, sheep, and non-human primates, could provide a better insight into new bone formation and scaffold effectiveness thanks to the closer resemblance to the human bone, only studies employing rat and rabbit models were found to satisfy eligibility criteria, and were, therefore, included in the present systematic review [21,[27][28][29]126]. Even though after the first step of screening, studies in dogs, sheep, and pigs were included, the full-text analysis revealed that most of these studies did not meet the selection criteria due to a reduced sample size (n < 6 animals per group) or the non-critical dimensions of the bone defects [94,100,102,103,106]. Among the papers included, the most frequently used CSD model was the CSD in rat calvaria, which is one of the most commonly used animal models for evaluating bone healing [23,127].…”