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The authors report the following potential conflicts of interest or sources of funding: P.D.F. reports editorial or governing board for Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research, J.F. reports royalties or licences from Arthrex , Biopoly, Springer, and Thieme Medical Publishers; paid consultant for Aesculap/B.Braun, CartiHeal, Cook Biotech, MoxiMed, Organogenesis, Samumed, and ZKR Orthopedics; paid presenter or speaker for Arthrex, MoxiMed, Organogenesis, and Vericel; editorial or governing board of American Journal of Orthopedics and Cartilage; stock or stock Options from MedShape and Ortho Regenerative Tech; and research support from Active Implants, Episurf, JRF Ortho, MoxiMed, Organogenesis, Samumed, Springer, Thieme Medical Publishers, and Vericel. D.W.G. reports IP royalties from Arthrex and Pega Medical; publishing royalties from Current Opinion in Pediatrics and Wolters Kluwer Health-Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; consulting fees from Arthrex; paid presenter or speaker for Arthrex and AO Trauma International; compensation for serving as faculty or as a speaker for an accredited or certified continuing education program for Synthes GMBH; travel and lodging from Synthes GMBH; board or committee member of AAOS, Research in Osteochondritis of the Knee (ROCK), Current Opinion in Pediatrics, New York County Medical Society, New York State Society of Orthopedic Surgeons, PatelloFemoral Foundation, Pediatric Research in Sport Medicine, and Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America; and financial or material support from Current Opinion in Pediatrics and Wolters Kluwer Health-Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. B.E.H. reports publishing royalties from Springer; board or committee member of Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America and Pediatric Research in Sports Medicine (PRISM); stock or stock options from Imagen Technologies; and other financial or material support from AlloSource , Springers, and Vericel. J.M.B. reports consulting fees from Smith & Nephew; and paid presenter or speaker, education, for Orthopedics Today. J.K. reports paid consultant of Flexion Therapeutics, payment or honoraria for lectures, presentations, speakers bureaus, manuscript writing or educational events from Medwest Associates; board or committee member of AAOS , ACL Study Group, American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine , American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons , Arthroscopy Association of North America , Herodicus Society, Illinois Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons, International Patellofemoral Study Group, International Society of Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery, and Orthopaedic Sports Medicine, and Patellofemoral Foundation; committee member of the American Orthopaedic Association; editorial or governing board of Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine/AOSSM; stock or stock Options from Acuitive; employee; stock or stock options from Marrow Access Technologies; and other from Flexion Therapeutics. D.K. reports consulting fees from Miach and J&J; and other from Arthrex. R.M. reports payment or honoraria for lectures, presentations, speakers bureaus, manuscript writing or educational events from Arthrex and CDC Medical; board or committee member of ACL Study Group, American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine, and International Society of Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery and Orthopaedic Sports Medicine; editorial or governing board of Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons and Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine; and other from Arthrex, Smith & Nephew, and Zimmer. S.P. reports publishing royalties from Wolters Kluwer Health-Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; payment or honoraria for lectures, presentations, speakers bureaus, manuscript writing or educational events from Synthes GMB; food, traveling, and lodging from Synthes GMB; board or committee member of AAOS, and Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America; editorial or governing board of Orthopedics Today; and other from Wolters Kluwer Health-Lippincott Williams & Wilkins and CDC Medical. L.R. reports paid consultant for GLG Consulting and Relief Health; payment or honoraria for lectures, presentations, speakers bureaus, manuscript writing or educational events from Arthrex and Gotham Surgical; board or committee member of Pediatric Research in Sports Medicine (PRiSM) Society; and stock or stock options from Relief Health. S.S. reports IP royalties from ConMed; consulting fees from Arthrex, BioVentus, Joint Restoration Foundation, Kinamed, NewClip, ConMed, Smith & Nephew, and Vericel; payment or honoraria for lectures, presentations, speakers bureaus, manuscript writing or educational events from Arthrex, Kinamed, ConMed, and Smith & Nephew; board or committee member of ACL Study Group, American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine, AAOS, Arthroscopy Association of North America, Biologics Alliance, Epic Bio, International Cartilage Regeneration & Joint Preservation Society, International Sports Medicine Fellows Conference, International Society of Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery, and Orthopaedic Sports Medicine, Joint Restoration Foundation, Patellofemoral Foundation, Sarcio, Sparta Biomedical, and Vericel; editorial or governing board of the American Journal of Orthopedics, Video Journal of Sports Medicine, Journal of Clinical Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Current Reviews in Musculoskeletal Medicine, and Arthroscopy; and stock or stock options from Vivorte, Reparel, Sarcio, and Epic Bio. B.S.S. reports payment or honoraria for lectures, presentations, speakers bureaus, manuscript writing or educational events, royalties, and consulting fees from Arthrex; editorial or governing board of Orthopedics Today, S.S. reports consulting fees from Smith & Nephew, Vericel, MoxiMed, and JRF; and other from Engage, Vericel, Organogenesis, Aastrom Biosciences, Aesculap biologics, Fidia Pharma, Flexion Therapeutics, Lifenet Health, Stryker, and ZimmerBiomet. M.A.T. reports grants from DJO; committee member, AAOS; editorial board of American Journal of Sports Medicine; editorial or governing board of Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy and Sports Health; board or committee member of American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine, Pediatric Research in Sports Medicine Society, and Research in Osteochondritis of the Knee (ROCK); and other from AlloSource and Vericel. E.J.W. reports consulting fees from OrthoPediatrics; board or committee member of Cincinnati Children’s Physician-Hospital Organization, PRISM, and ROCK group. P.L.W. reports publishing royalties from Elsevier; board or committee member of AAOS, Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America; editorial or governing board of the Journal of Pediatric Orthopedics; and other from AlloSource, Elsevier, Ossur, and Pylant Medical. H.B.E. reports compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program for Smith & Nephew; education, compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program for Pylant Medical; compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program for Synthes GMBH; travel and lodging from Smith & Nephew, Pylant Medical and Arthrex; board or committee member for Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America and Pediatric Research in Sports Medicine; and other from Smith & Nephew and Pylant Medical. ICMJE author disclosure forms are available for this article online, as supplementary material.
