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The authors report the following potential conflicts of interest or sources of funding: B.F. reports grants form Arthrex, Stryker, and Smith & Nephew; royalties or licenses from Elsevier; consulting fees from Stryker; and stock or stock options from Jace Medical. J.C. reports consulting fees from Arthrex, CONMED Linvatec, Ossur, and Smith & Nephew; and board, society, committee or advocacy group for the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine, the Arthroscopy Association of North America, and the International Society of Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery, and Orthopaedic Sports Medicine. C.B.C. reports grants from the National Institutes of Health; and board, society, committee or advocacy group for International Skeletal Society. W.C.B. reports grants from the National Institutes of Health. B.R.B. reports grants from Arthrex, CONMED Linvatec, DJ Orthopaedics, Ossur, Smith & Nephew, and Tornier; and royalties or licenses from SLACK Inc. B.C. reports grants from Aesculap/B. Braun, Arthrex, Regentis, and National Institutes of Health (NIAMS & NICHD); royalties or licenses from Elsevier; consulting fees from Regentis, Samumed, and Arthrex; board, society, committee or advocacy group for American Journal of Orthopedics, American Journal of Sports Medicine, Cartilage, Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery, Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, American Journal of Orthopedics, American Journal of Sports Medicine, Cartilage, Arthroscopy Association of North America, and International Cartilage Repair Society; stock or stock options from Bandgrip and Ossio; receipt of equipment, materials, drugs, medical writing, gifts or other services from Operative Techniques in Sports Medicine; and other from Athletico, JRF Ortho, and Smith & Nephew. A.B.Y. reports grants from Arthrex, Vericel, and Organogenesis; paid consulting fees from CONMED, Linvatec, JRF Ortho, and Olympus; unpaid consulting fees from PatientIQ, Smith & Nephew, and Sparta Biomedical; and stock or stock options from PatientIQ. N.V. reports grants from Wright Medical Technology and Breg; royalties or licenses from Arthroscopy; consulting fees from Minivasive; patents (planned, issued, or pending) from Smith & Nephew, instrumentation with royalties paid to Smith & Nephew and American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine; board, society, committee or advocacy group for American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons, Arthroscopy Association of North America, Journal of Knee Surgery, and SLACK Inc; stock or stock options from Cymedica and Omeros; receipt of equipment, materials, drugs, medical writing, gifts or other services from Arthroscopy and Vindico Medical-Orthopedics Hyperguide; and personal fees from Arthrex, DJ Orthopaedics, and Orthospace. Full ICMJE author disclosure forms are available for this article online, as supplementary material.
Winner of the Richard O'Connor Research Award from the Arthroscopy Association North American Annual Meeting 2021.