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The authors report the following potential conflicts of interest or sources of funding: C.K. reports personal fees from Arthrex and Smith & Nephew, outside the submitted work. D.F. reports grants and other from Smith & Nephew; other from DePuy Mitek; grants and other from Zimmer Biomet and Vericel; other from MTF, KCRN, and Hyalex; and grants and other from CartiHeal, Anika Therapeutics, Aesculap, and Moximed, outside the submitted work. Full ICMJE author disclosure forms are available for this article online, as supplementary material.