About the Authors

Xie Qiu

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft

☯ These authors contributed to the work equally and should be regarded as co-first authors.

Affiliations Department of Thoracic Surgery, The First People’s Hospital of Lianyungang, Lianyungang, Jiangsu, China, The First Affiliated Hospital of Kangda College of Nanjing Medical University, Lianyungang, Jiangsu, China, The Affiliated Lianyungang Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University, Lianyungang, Jiangsu, China, Lianyungang Clinical College of Nanjing Medical University, Lianyungang, Jiangsu, China

Shuo Hu

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Writing – original draft

☯ These authors contributed to the work equally and should be regarded as co-first authors.

Affiliations Department of Thoracic Surgery, The First People’s Hospital of Lianyungang, Lianyungang, Jiangsu, China, The First Affiliated Hospital of Kangda College of Nanjing Medical University, Lianyungang, Jiangsu, China, The Affiliated Lianyungang Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University, Lianyungang, Jiangsu, China, Lianyungang Clinical College of Nanjing Medical University, Lianyungang, Jiangsu, China

Shumin Dong

Roles Data curation, Investigation

Affiliations Department of Thoracic Surgery, The First People’s Hospital of Lianyungang, Lianyungang, Jiangsu, China, The First Affiliated Hospital of Kangda College of Nanjing Medical University, Lianyungang, Jiangsu, China, The Affiliated Lianyungang Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University, Lianyungang, Jiangsu, China, Lianyungang Clinical College of Nanjing Medical University, Lianyungang, Jiangsu, China

Haijun Sun

Roles Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

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Affiliations Department of Thoracic Surgery, The First People’s Hospital of Lianyungang, Lianyungang, Jiangsu, China, The First Affiliated Hospital of Kangda College of Nanjing Medical University, Lianyungang, Jiangsu, China, The Affiliated Lianyungang Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University, Lianyungang, Jiangsu, China, Lianyungang Clinical College of Nanjing Medical University, Lianyungang, Jiangsu, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.