Publication Name	World Journal of Methodology
Manuscript ID	62231
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Category	Orthopedics
Manuscript Type	Minireviews
Article Title	Rationalising animal research synthesis in orthopaedic literature
Manuscript Source	Invited Manuscript
All Author List	Konstantinos Tsikopoulos, Konstantinos Sidiropoulos, Dimitrios Kitridis, Lorenzo Drago, Rakesh Ebnezar and David Lavalette
ORCID	Author(s) ORCID Number Konstantinos Tsikopoulos http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5923-4782 Konstantinos Sidiropoulos http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9627-465X Dimitrios Kitridis http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6063-8650 Lorenzo Drago http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5206-540X Rakesh Ebnezar http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4490-5568 David Lavalette http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2330-339X
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Corresponding Author	Konstantinos Tsikopoulos, MD, MSc, Doctor, Senior Researcher, Surgeon, Orthopaedic Department, Harrogate and District Foundation Trust, Lancaster Park Road, Harrogate HG2 7SX, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom. kostastsikop@gmail.com
Key Words	Meta-analysis; Animal research; Evidence synthesis; in vivo; Orthopaedics
Core Tip	Relying on the findings of properly conducted meta-analyses of animal research is crucial, particularly in the paucity of human evidence on crucial orthopaedic topics. It is an undeniable fact that authors tend to encounter a great many challenges when conducting this type of research as they have to address several potential sources of bias. For that reason, we advocate that readers should critically appraise the findings of animal syntheses papers.
Publish Date	2021-05-12 13:46
Citation	Tsikopoulos K, Sidiropoulos K, Kitridis D, Drago L, Ebnezar R, Lavalette D. Rationalising animal research synthesis in orthopaedic literature. World J Methodol 2021; 11(3): 75-80
URL	https://www.wjgnet.com/2222-0682/full/v11/i3/75.htm
DOI	https://dx.doi.org/10.5662/wjm.v11.i3.75

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