Acknowledgement
The authors wish to thank the orthopedic nurses, Yun-Il Choe, Byeong-Yi Choi, and Ye-Rin Yoon for checking the visual analog scale score and Mayo elbow performance score and helping with the ultrasonographic examinations.
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