A critical review of the methodology of ovine lumbar interbody fusion studies and recommendations for future study design
This review demonstrates variability in the design of ovine LIF studies, highlights features likely to limit the translatability of results into clinical practice (sheep age and interbody cage size), shows high risk of bias in the published literature, and makes recommendations for future studies.
Authors
- Kevin M. Shakesheff (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3236-2439)
- Zoya Khan
- Jane McLaren
- John von Benecke
- Nick Birch
Institutions
- University of Nottingham (GB)
- Locate Bio (United Kingdom) (GB)
- Oxford Technologies (United Kingdom) (GB)
- Keele University (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Bone and Joint Research
- Published
- 2026-01-21
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1302/2046-3758.151.bjr-2025-0300.r2
- Primary Topic
- Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00