About the Authors

Wei Sun

Affiliation Department of Thyroid Surgery, The First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning Province, China

Xiabin Lan

Affiliation Department of Thyroid Surgery, The First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning Province, China

Hao Zhang

haozhang@mail.cmu.edu.cn

Affiliation Department of Thyroid Surgery, The First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning Province, China

Wenwu Dong

Affiliation Department of Thyroid Surgery, The First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning Province, China

Zhihong Wang

Affiliation Department of Thyroid Surgery, The First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning Province, China

Liang He

Affiliation Department of Thyroid Surgery, The First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning Province, China

Ting Zhang

Affiliation Department of Thyroid Surgery, The First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning Province, China

Siming Liu

Affiliation Department of Thyroid Surgery, The First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning Province, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HZ XBL WWD ZHW LH TZ SML WS. Performed the experiments: WS XBL. Analyzed the data: WS HZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: WS HZ. Wrote the paper: WS.