About the Authors

Nai-Feng Tian

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Second Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical College, Wenzhou, China

Yao-Sen Wu

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedics, Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China

Xiao-Lei Zhang

Affiliations Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Second Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical College, Wenzhou, China, Center for Stem Cells and Tissue Engineering, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China

Xin-Lei Wu

Affiliation Institute of Digitized Medicine, Wenzhou Medical College, Wenzhou, China

Yong-Long Chi

spinemao@163.com (FMM); spinechi@163.com (YLC)

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Second Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical College, Wenzhou, China

Fang-Min Mao

spinemao@163.com (FMM); spinechi@163.com (YLC)

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Second Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical College, Wenzhou, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NFT YLC FMM. Performed the experiments: NFT YSW XLZ XLW. Analyzed the data: NFT YSW XLZ XLW YLC FMM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YSW XLZ XLW YLC. Wrote the paper: NFT FMM.