About the Authors

Zhao Peng

Contributed equally to this work with: Zhao Peng, Chenxiao Wang

Affiliation Gastrointestinal Surgery, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China

Chenxiao Wang

Contributed equally to this work with: Zhao Peng, Chenxiao Wang

Affiliation Gastrointestinal Surgery, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China

Erhu Fang

Affiliation Gastrointestinal Surgery, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China

Xiaoming Lu

Affiliation Gastrointestinal Surgery, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China

Guobin Wang

guobinwang1954@gmail.com (GW); qiangtong@hust.edu.cn (QT)

Affiliation Gastrointestinal Surgery, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China

Qiang Tong

guobinwang1954@gmail.com (GW); qiangtong@hust.edu.cn (QT)

Affiliation Gastrointestinal Surgery, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ZP QT GBW. Performed the experiments: ZP CXW EHF. Analyzed the data: XML QT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ZP EHF CXW. Wrote the paper: ZP.