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Ten-year Kaplan-Meier curve showing survival free from operative treatment among patients with symptomatic, atraumatic full-thickness RCTs. Overall, <30% of patients had undergone surgery by the end of the 10-year follow-up period. Most patients who underwent surgery did so within 6 months (red line).
