About the Authors

Libin Yao

Affiliation Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong Province, China

Chonghui Li

Affiliation Hospital and Institute of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China

Xinlan Ge

Affiliation Hospital and Institute of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China

Hongdong Wang

Affiliation Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong Province, China

Kesen Xu

Affiliation Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong Province, China

Aiqun Zhang

Affiliation Hospital and Institute of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China

Jiahong Dong

dongjh301@163.com

Affiliations Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong Province, China, Hospital and Institute of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LY CL JD. Performed the experiments: LY XG HW. Analyzed the data: LY KX JD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HW XG CL AZ. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: LY. Revised the manuscript: CL KX AZ JD.