About the Authors

Zhaoyu Yu

Roles Writing – original draft

Affiliations The Second Clinical Medicine College, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, P.R. China, Guangdong Province Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine Zhuhai Branch, Zhuhai, P.R. China

Yao Lu

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Guangdong Province Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine Zhuhai Branch, Zhuhai, P.R. China

Yong Li

Roles Supervision

Affiliation Guangdong Province Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine Zhuhai Branch, Zhuhai, P.R. China

Yan An

Roles Formal analysis

drwangbo@pku.edu.cn (BW); ay_jstspine@vip.163.com (YA)

Affiliation Department of Spine Surgery, Beijing Jishuitan Hospital, Beijing, P.R. China

Bo Wang

Roles Writing – review & editing

drwangbo@pku.edu.cn (BW); ay_jstspine@vip.163.com (YA)

Affiliation Department of Spine Surgery, Beijing Jishuitan Hospital, Beijing, P.R. China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.