About the Authors

Li Jin

lj7q@virginia.edu

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America

Qihai Liu

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America

Phillip Scott

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America

Dawei Zhang

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America

Francis Shen

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America

Gary Balian

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America

Xudong Li

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LJ XL FS GB. Performed the experiments: LJ QL DZ PS XL. Analyzed the data: LJ QL DZ XL. Wrote the paper: LJ XL FS GB QL PS.