About the Authors

Chaoying Wang

Contributed equally to this work with: Chaoying Wang, Genshu Wang

Affiliation Nursing School, the First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China

Genshu Wang

Contributed equally to this work with: Chaoying Wang, Genshu Wang

Affiliation Department of Hepatic Surgery, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China

Huimin Yi

Affiliation Department of Hepatic Surgery, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China

Jianling Tan

Affiliation School of Nursing, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China

Chi Xu

Affiliation Department of Hepatic Surgery, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China

Xiaocui Fang

Affiliation Department of Hepatic Surgery, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China

Yang Yang

Affiliation Department of Hepatic Surgery, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China

Hua Li

Affiliation Department of Hepatic Surgery, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China

Qier Chen

chenqier@mail.sysu.edu.cn (QC); chgh1955@263.net (GC)

Affiliation Department of Hepatic Surgery, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China

Guihua Chen

chenqier@mail.sysu.edu.cn (QC); chgh1955@263.net (GC)

Affiliation School of Nursing, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Performed the experiments: CW GW HY CX XF YY HL QC GC. Analyzed the data: CW GW QC GC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CW GW HY JT QC GC. Wrote the manuscript: CW GW QC. Conceived the concept: CW GW. Designed the experiments: CW GW HY JT QC GC.