About the Authors
- Hon-Yi Shi
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Affiliation Department of Healthcare Administration and Medical Informatics, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
- King-Teh Lee
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Affiliations Department of Healthcare Administration and Medical Informatics, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Department of Surgery, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
- Hao-Hsien Lee
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Affiliation Department of Surgery, Chi Mei Medical Center, Liouying, Taiwan
- Wen-Hsien Ho
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Affiliation Department of Healthcare Administration and Medical Informatics, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
- Ding-Ping Sun
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Affiliation Department of Surgery, Chi Mei Medical Center, Tainan, Taiwan
- Jhi-Joung Wang
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Contributed equally to this work with: Jhi-Joung Wang, Chong-Chi Chiu
Affiliation Department of Medical Research, Chi Mei Medical Center, Tainan, Taiwan
- Chong-Chi Chiu
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Contributed equally to this work with: Jhi-Joung Wang, Chong-Chi Chiu
* E-mail: chiuchongchi@yahoo.com.tw
Affiliations Department of Surgery, Chi Mei Medical Center, Liouying, Taiwan, Department of Surgery, Chi Mei Medical Center, Tainan, Taiwan, Department of Surgery, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Cosmetic Science, Chia Nan University of Pharmacy and Science, Tainan, Taiwan
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: HYS CCC. Performed the experiments: HYS KTL HHL WHH DPS JJW CCC. Analyzed the data: HYS CCC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HYS KTL HHL WHH DPS JJW CCC. Wrote the paper: HYS KTL HHL WHH DPS JJW CCC.