About the Authors

Yen-Chiang Tseng

Affiliations Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Yen-Han Tseng

Affiliation Department of Chest Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Hua-Lin Kao

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Chih-Cheng Hsieh

Affiliations Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Teh-Ying Chou

Affiliations Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Yih-Gang Goan

Affiliation Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Wen-Hu Hsu

Affiliation Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Han-Shui Hsu

hsuhs@vghtpe.gov.tw

Affiliations Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Institute of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: W-HH. Data curation: C-CH. Investigation: H-LK T-YC. Methodology: Y-HT Y-GG. Writing – original draft: Y-CT. Writing – review & editing: H-SH.