About the Authors

Hongtuan Zhang

Affiliation Department of Urology, National Key Clinical Specialty of Urology, Second Hospital of Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin Key Institute of Urology, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China

Qiang Wei

Affiliation Department of Urology, National Key Clinical Specialty of Urology, Second Hospital of Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin Key Institute of Urology, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China

Ranlu Liu

Affiliation Department of Urology, National Key Clinical Specialty of Urology, Second Hospital of Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin Key Institute of Urology, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China

Shiyong Qi

Affiliation Department of Urology, National Key Clinical Specialty of Urology, Second Hospital of Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin Key Institute of Urology, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China

Peihe Liang

Affiliation Department of Urology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China

Can Qi

Affiliation Department of Urology, National Key Clinical Specialty of Urology, Second Hospital of Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin Key Institute of Urology, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China

Andi Wang

Affiliation Department of Urology, National Key Clinical Specialty of Urology, Second Hospital of Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin Key Institute of Urology, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China

Bin Sheng

Affiliation Department of Urology, National Key Clinical Specialty of Urology, Second Hospital of Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin Key Institute of Urology, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China

Liang Li

Affiliation Department of Radiology, Second Hospital of Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China

Yong Xu

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Affiliation Department of Urology, National Key Clinical Specialty of Urology, Second Hospital of Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin Key Institute of Urology, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HZ QW CQ AW YX RL SQ. Performed the experiments: HZ CQ AW RL SQ YX PL. Analyzed the data: HZ QW LL CQ RL BS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HZ YX LL PL. Wrote the paper: HZ QW CQ YX RL SQ.