About the Authors

Li-Jun Heng

Contributed equally to this work with: Li-Jun Heng, Bo Huang, Heng Guo

Affiliations Department of Neurosurgery, Tangdu Hospital of Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China, Department of Neurosurgery, Wuhan General Hospital of Guangzhou Military Command, Wuhan, Hubei, China

Bo Huang

Contributed equally to this work with: Li-Jun Heng, Bo Huang, Heng Guo

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Tangdu Hospital of Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China

Heng Guo

Contributed equally to this work with: Li-Jun Heng, Bo Huang, Heng Guo

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, PLA Chengdu General Hospital, Chengdu, Sichuan, China

Lian-Ting Ma

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Wuhan General Hospital of Guangzhou Military Command, Wuhan, Hubei, China

Wei-Xin Yuan

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Tangdu Hospital of Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China

Jian Song

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Wuhan General Hospital of Guangzhou Military Command, Wuhan, Hubei, China

Peng Wang

Affiliations Department of Neurosurgery, Tangdu Hospital of Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China, Department of Neurosurgery, Wuhan General Hospital of Guangzhou Military Command, Wuhan, Hubei, China

Guo-Zheng Xu

gaogd@outlook.com (GDG); xu-gz@163.com (GZX)

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Wuhan General Hospital of Guangzhou Military Command, Wuhan, Hubei, China

Guo-Dong Gao

gaogd@outlook.com (GDG); xu-gz@163.com (GZX)

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Tangdu Hospital of Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LJH GZX GDG LTM. Performed the experiments: LJH BH HG. Analyzed the data: LJH WXY JS PW. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: LJH GDG GZX.