About the Authors

Tzu-Min Hung

Affiliations Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Medical Research, E-DA Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Cheng-Maw Ho

Affiliations Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

Yen-Chun Liu

Affiliations Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Medical Research, E-DA Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Jia-Ling Lee

Affiliation Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan

Yow-Rong Liao

Affiliation Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan

Yao-Ming Wu

Affiliation Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan

Ming-Chih Ho

Affiliation Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan

Chien-Hung Chen

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan

Hong-Shiee Lai

Affiliation Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan

Po-Huang Lee

pohuang1115@ntu.edu.tw

Affiliations Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Surgery, E-DA Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TMH CMH PHL. Performed the experiments: TMH YCL JLL. Analyzed the data: TMH CMH YCL YRL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YMW MCH CHC HSL. Wrote the paper: TMH PHL.