About the Authors

Hongbing Xiao

xhb63@yahoo.cn

Affiliation Department of General Surgery, Shanghai Tenth People’s Hospital, Tongji University, Shanghai, China

Xiong Qin

Affiliation Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Shanghai Tenth People’s Hospital, Tongji University, Shanghai, China

Ding Ping

Affiliation Department of General Surgery, Shanghai Tenth People’s Hospital, Tongji University, Shanghai, China

Keqiang Zuo

Affiliation Department of General Surgery, Shanghai Tenth People’s Hospital, Tongji University, Shanghai, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HX XQ. Performed the experiments: HX DP. Analyzed the data: HX KZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HX. Wrote the paper: HX XQ.