About the Authors

Feng Zhi

Contributed equally to this work with: Feng Zhi, Guangxin Zhou, Naiyuan Shao

Affiliation Modern Medical Research Center, Third Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Changzhou, Jiangsu, China

Guangxin Zhou

Contributed equally to this work with: Feng Zhi, Guangxin Zhou, Naiyuan Shao

Affiliation Department of Orthopedics, Jinling Hospital, School of Medicine, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Naiyuan Shao

Contributed equally to this work with: Feng Zhi, Guangxin Zhou, Naiyuan Shao

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Third Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Changzhou, Jiangsu, China

Xiwei Xia

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Third Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Changzhou, Jiangsu, China

Yimin Shi

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Third Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Changzhou, Jiangsu, China

Qiang Wang

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Third Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Changzhou, Jiangsu, China

Yi Zhang

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Third Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Changzhou, Jiangsu, China

Rong Wang

Affiliation Modern Medical Research Center, Third Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Changzhou, Jiangsu, China

Lian Xue

Affiliation Modern Medical Research Center, Third Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Changzhou, Jiangsu, China

Suinuan Wang

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Third Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Changzhou, Jiangsu, China

Sujia Wu

yilinyang.czfph@gmail.com (YY); yapeng997@163.com (YP); sujiawu1957@yahoo.cn (SW)

Affiliation Department of Orthopedics, Jinling Hospital, School of Medicine, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Ya Peng

yilinyang.czfph@gmail.com (YY); yapeng997@163.com (YP); sujiawu1957@yahoo.cn (SW)

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Third Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Changzhou, Jiangsu, China

Yilin Yang

yilinyang.czfph@gmail.com (YY); yapeng997@163.com (YP); sujiawu1957@yahoo.cn (SW)

Affiliation Modern Medical Research Center, Third Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Changzhou, Jiangsu, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FZ S. Wu YP YY. Performed the experiments: GZ XX YS LX. Analyzed the data: NS QW YZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RW S. Wang. Wrote the paper: FZ YY.