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The authors report the following potential conflicts of interest or sources of funding: A.A.R. reports personal fees, Arthrex, Paragen Technologies; nonfinancial support, SAGE; personal fees and nonfinancial support, Saunders/Mosby-Elsevier, SLACK Inc. B.J.C. reports grants, personal fees, and nonfinancial support, Arthrex; other, Aesculap, Athletico, JRF Ortho, NIH, Smith & Nephew; personal fees and other, Elsevier, OTSM, Regentis; personal fees, Ossio. G.E.G. reports grants, Piedmont Orthopaedic Society; personal fees, DJO/Encore, Wright/Tornier, Mitek; fellowship funding, Smith & Nephew, Arthrex. N.N.V. reports other, AOSSM, JSES, Arthrex, Arthroscopy, AANA, Breg, Cymedia, Knee, Minivasive, Omeros, Orthospace, Ossur, SLACK Inc, Smith & Nephew, Vindico Medical-Orthopaedics Hyperguide, Wright Medical Technology. Full ICMJE author disclosure forms are available for this article online, as supplementary material.