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Supported by the American Society for Surgery of the Hand’s Clinical Research Grant (Award 2821). The database used for the described analyses was obtained from the Vanderbilt Institute for Clinical Translational Research which is supported by the CTSA grant UL1TR000445 from NCATS/NIH.
No benefits in any form have been received or will be received related directly or indirectly to the subject of this article.