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Question: In patients who require surgery for the treatment of
tennis elbow, how do the open formal release and the percutaneous tenotomy
procedures compare with regard to functional outcome?Design: Randomized (unclear allocation concealment), unblinded
controlled trial with 1-year follow-up.Setting: A hospital in Manchester, England, United Kingdom.Patients: 45 patients (mean age, 45 y; 51% women) with tennis elbow
(47 elbows) who had received conservative treatment, including 2 injections of
80 mg of hydrocortisone and modification of activity, for 12 months. Follow-up
was 100%.