About the Authors

Hengzhu Zhang

Contributed equally to this work with: Hengzhu Zhang, Xiaodong Wang, Yuping Li

zhanghengzhu@sina.com

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Clinical Medical College of Yang Zhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province, China

Xiaodong Wang

Contributed equally to this work with: Hengzhu Zhang, Xiaodong Wang, Yuping Li

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Clinical Medical College of Yang Zhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province, China

Yuping Li

Contributed equally to this work with: Hengzhu Zhang, Xiaodong Wang, Yuping Li

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Clinical Medical College of Yang Zhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province, China

Renfei Du

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Chifeng Hospital, Chifeng, Neimenggu Province, China

Enxi Xu

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, The First People's Hospital of Zhenjiang, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu Province, China

Lun Dong

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Clinical Medical College of Yang Zhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province, China

Xingdong Wang

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Clinical Medical College of Yang Zhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province, China

Zhengcun Yan

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Clinical Medical College of Yang Zhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province, China

Lujun Pang

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Clinical Medical College of Yang Zhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province, China

Min Wei

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Clinical Medical College of Yang Zhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province, China

Lei She

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Clinical Medical College of Yang Zhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YPL HZZ Xiaodong Wang. Performed the experiments: YPL LS ZCY EXX. Analyzed the data: YPL MW Xingdong Wang LS LD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YPL HZZ RFD Xiaodong Wang LJP. Wrote the paper: YPL HZZ LS LJP LS. Literature search and data extraction: HZZ YPL Xingdong Wang. Setting search strategy: RFD ZCY EXX.