About the Authors

Kuo-Ti Peng

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Validation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chiayi, Taiwan

Ching-Chuan Hsieh

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chiayi, Taiwan

Tsung-Yu Huang

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Resources

Affiliations Division of Infection Disease, Department of Internal Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chiayi, Taiwan, Graduate Institute of Clinical Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Pei-Chun Chen

Roles Investigation, Project administration, Validation

Affiliation Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chiayi, Taiwan

Hsin-Nung Shih

Roles Investigation, Resources

Affiliation Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Mel S. Lee

Roles Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision

peyjiumc@mail.cgu.edu.tw (PJC); mellee@cgmh.org.tw (MSL)

Affiliation Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Pey-Jium Chang

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

peyjiumc@mail.cgu.edu.tw (PJC); mellee@cgmh.org.tw (MSL)

Affiliations Graduate Institute of Clinical Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Department of Nephrology, Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital, Chiayi, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.