About the Authors

Peipei Gong

Contributed equally to this work with: Peipei Gong, Xide Xu

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Comprehensive Surgical Laboratory, Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu Province, P.R.China

Xide Xu

Contributed equally to this work with: Peipei Gong, Xide Xu

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Comprehensive Surgical Laboratory, Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu Province, P.R.China

Jinlong Shi

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Comprehensive Surgical Laboratory, Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu Province, P.R.China

Lanchun Ni

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Comprehensive Surgical Laboratory, Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu Province, P.R.China

Qingfeng Huang

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Comprehensive Surgical Laboratory, Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu Province, P.R.China

Liang Xia

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Comprehensive Surgical Laboratory, Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu Province, P.R.China

Dekang Nie

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Comprehensive Surgical Laboratory, Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu Province, P.R.China

Xiaojian Lu

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Comprehensive Surgical Laboratory, Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu Province, P.R.China

Jian Chen

chenjian1107@126.com (JC); shiwei1107@163.com (WS)

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Comprehensive Surgical Laboratory, Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu Province, P.R.China

Wei Shi

chenjian1107@126.com (JC); shiwei1107@163.com (WS)

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Comprehensive Surgical Laboratory, Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu Province, P.R.China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PG XX JC WS. Performed the experiments: PG XX JS. Analyzed the data: QH LX DN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LN XL. Wrote the paper: PG.