About the Authors

Chun Zhang

Contributed equally to this work with: Chun Zhang, Jian-Ping Li

Affiliations Department of General Surgery, The Third Affiliated Hospital to Nantong University, Wuxi, China, Intensive Care Unit, The Third Affiliated Hospital to Nantong University, Wuxi, China

Jian-Ping Li

Contributed equally to this work with: Chun Zhang, Jian-Ping Li

Affiliation Department of General Surgery, The Third Affiliated Hospital to Nantong University, Wuxi, China

Guo-Qiang Lv

Affiliation Department of General Surgery, The Third Affiliated Hospital to Nantong University, Wuxi, China

Xian-Min Yu

Affiliation Department of General Surgery, The Third Affiliated Hospital to Nantong University, Wuxi, China

Yuan-Long Gu

Affiliation Department of General Surgery, The Third Affiliated Hospital to Nantong University, Wuxi, China

Ping Zhou

wx3hzp@gmail.com

Affiliation Intensive Care Unit, The Third Affiliated Hospital to Nantong University, Wuxi, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CZ JPL PZ. Performed the experiments: CZ GQL XMY YLG JPL PZ. Analyzed the data: CZ GQL XMY YLG. Wrote the first draft of the paper: CZ. Contributed to the writing of the paper: CZ JPL PZ. Approved manuscript's results and conclusions: CZ GQL XMY YLG JPL PZ. Responsible for data integrity: PZ. Principal investigator for the study: CZ.