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The authors report the following potential conflicts of interest or sources of funding: T.J.G. reports personal fees from Vericel, Arthrex, and AlloSource, outside the submitted work. L.W. reports personal fees from Zimmer Biomet, Allergan, and Synthes, outside the submitted work. J.T.R.L. reports other from Sawbones, outside the submitted work. Full ICMJE author disclosure forms are available for this article online, as supplementary material.