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The authors report the following potential conflicts of interest or sources of funding: R.F. reports American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons , Board or committee member; AlloSource : paid presenter or speaker; American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine : board or committee member; American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons : board or committee member; Arthrex : paid presenter or speaker; research support; Arthroscopy Association of North America : board or committee member; Elsevier : publishing royalties, financial or material support; International Cartilage Restoration Society : board or committee member; International Society of Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery and Orthopaedic Sports Medicine : board or; committee member; Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery: Editorial or governing board; JRF : paid presenter or speaker; Orthopedics Today: editorial or governing board; Ossur : paid presenter or speaker; Smith & Nephew : research support. A.B.Y. reports grants from Arthrex ; other from JRF Ortho and Olympus ; grants from Organogenesis ; other from Patient IQ , Smith & Nephew , and Sparta Biomedical ; and grants from Vericel , outside the submitted work. Full ICMJE author disclosure forms are available for this article online, as supplementary material.