About the Authors

Yi-Ting Chang

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

Chih-Chen Wu

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

Tsung-Yung Tang

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

Chun-Te Lu

Affiliation Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan, ROC

Chih-Sheng Lai

Affiliation Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan, ROC

Ching-Hui Shen

forscipaper@gmail.com

Affiliations Department of Anesthesiology, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YTC CHS. Performed the experiments: YTC CCW TYT. Analyzed the data: YTC CCW TYT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CTL CSL. Wrote the paper: YTC CCW CHS.