“…For in vivo studies, the most used animal model was the rat (54%) [ 8 , 17 , 22 , 28 , 40 , 46 , 47 ], followed by the rabbit (31%) [ 16 , 25 , 45 , 50 ]; only two studies were carried out on a large animal model (minipig 15%) [ 48 , 49 ]. Regarding the implant site, the Mg alloy implants were inserted in femoral condyle (38%) [ 17 , 25 , 28 , 40 , 47 ], trochanter (23%) [ 22 , 45 , 50 ] or diaphysis (15%) [ 46 , 49 ], tibial metaphysis (15%) [ 8 , 16 ] and frontal bone (8%) [ 48 ].…”