About the Authors

Yi Liu

‡ These authors are co-first contributors on this work.

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Nanfang Hospital of Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China

Silky Chotai

‡ These authors are co-first contributors on this work.

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Nanfang Hospital of Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China

Ming Chen

‡ These authors are co-first contributors on this work.

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Nanfang Hospital of Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China

Shi Jin

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Nanfang Hospital of Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China

Song-tao Qi

liuyi86818@126.com (SQ); panjundu@hotmail.com (JP)

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Nanfang Hospital of Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China

Jun Pan

liuyi86818@126.com (SQ); panjundu@hotmail.com (JP)

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Nanfang Hospital of Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YL SC SQ. Analyzed the data: SC YL. Wrote the paper: YL SC. Acquisition of data: YL. Critically revised the article: SC YL JP SQ. Reviewed submitted version of manuscript: SC YL JP SJ MC. Approved the final version of the manuscript on behalf of all authors: YL. Statistical analysis: YL SC. Administrative/technical/material support: SJ MC JP. Study supervision: JP SQ.