About the Authors

Bing Zhong

Contributed equally to this work with: Bing Zhong, De-Ying Gu

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan province, China

De-Ying Gu

Contributed equally to this work with: Bing Zhong, De-Ying Gu

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan province, China

Jin-Tao Du

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan province, China

Fei Chen

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

lyfent@qq.com (YFL); cfdoctorent@163.com (FC)

Affiliation Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan province, China

Ya-Feng Liu

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

lyfent@qq.com (YFL); cfdoctorent@163.com (FC)

Affiliation Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan province, China

Shi-Xi Liu

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan province, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.