About the Authors

Chenlong Liao

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, XinHua Hospital, affiliated to Shanghai JiaoTong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, P. R. China

Wenchuan Zhang

zhangwench88@hotmail.com

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, XinHua Hospital, affiliated to Shanghai JiaoTong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, P. R. China

Min Yang

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, XinHua Hospital, affiliated to Shanghai JiaoTong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, P. R. China

Qiufeng Ma

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, XinHua Hospital, affiliated to Shanghai JiaoTong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, P. R. China

Guowei Li

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, XinHua Hospital, affiliated to Shanghai JiaoTong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, P. R. China

Wenxiang Zhong

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, XinHua Hospital, affiliated to Shanghai JiaoTong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, P. R. China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CLL WCZ. Performed the experiments: CLL MY. Analyzed the data: CLL QFM GWL WXZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MY WXZ QFM. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: CLL.

The authors who received the funding: ZWC. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.