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The authors apologise for an error in the presentation of the affiliations of the authors of this published paper. The correct details are:Hui Wang(1,2*), Chao Chen(3*), Jun Li(4), Xiaoxi Yang(5), Hui Zhang(1,6), Zhiqiang Wang(1,7) (1)Graduate School, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, PR China(2)The department of Hand Surgery, The Second Hospital of Tangshan, Tangshan, Hebei, PR China(3)The department of Orthopedics, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, PR China(4)The emergency department, The Second Hospital of Tangshan, Tangshan, Hebei, PR China(5)The department of traditional Chinese Medicine, College of traditional Chinese Medicine, North China University of Technology, Tangshan, Hebei, PR China(6)The department of Joint Surgery, The Second Hospital of Tangshan, Tangshan, Hebei, PR China(7)The department of Orthopaedics, Affiliated Hospital, North China University of Technology, Tangshan, Hebei, 063000, PR China*Hui Wang and Chao Chen contributed equally to this work.