About the Authors

Sanlin Xie

Contributed equally to this work with: Sanlin Xie, Zhifeng Chen

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China, Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Zhongshan Hospital of Xiamen University, School of Medicine, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China

Zhifeng Chen

Contributed equally to this work with: Sanlin Xie, Zhifeng Chen

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis

Affiliations Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China, Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, National Regional Medical Center, Binhai Campus of the First Affiliated Hospital, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China

Lipeng Huang

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology

Affiliation Department of thoracic, Xiang’an Hospital of Xiamen University, School of Medicine, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China

Yongjun Hong

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

13959223003@163.com (YH), linc301@sina.com (CL)

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Zhongshan Hospital of Xiamen University, School of Medicine, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China

Chang Lin

Roles Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

13959223003@163.com (YH), linc301@sina.com (CL)

Affiliations Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China, Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, National Regional Medical Center, Binhai Campus of the First Affiliated Hospital, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.