About the Authors

Chun-Ming Chang

Affiliations Department of Surgery, Dalin Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Chiayi, Taiwan, School of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualian, Taiwan

Wen-Yao Yin

Affiliations Department of Surgery, Dalin Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Chiayi, Taiwan, School of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualian, Taiwan

Chang-Kao Wei

Affiliations Department of Surgery, Dalin Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Chiayi, Taiwan, School of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualian, Taiwan

Chin-Chia Wu

Affiliations Department of Surgery, Dalin Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Chiayi, Taiwan, School of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualian, Taiwan

Yu-Chieh Su

Affiliations Division of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Dalin Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Chiayi, Taiwan, Cancer Center, Dalin Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Chiayi, Taiwan

Chia-Hui Yu

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Dalin Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Chiayi, Taiwan

Ching-Chih Lee

hematcd2@hotmail.com

Affiliations Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, School of Medicine, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Tri-Service General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CMC CCL. Performed the experiments: CMC CHY CCL. Analyzed the data: CMC WYY CKW CCW YCS CCL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CHY CCL. Wrote the paper: CMC CCL.