About the Authors

Xue-Jun Zhao

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Validation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States of America

Timothy M. Larkin

Roles Data curation, Investigation

Affiliation Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States of America

Molly A. Lauver

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States of America

Saif Ahmad

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, AZ, United States of America

Andrew F. Ducruet

Roles Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

andrew.ducruet@barrowbrainandspine.com

Current address: Department of Neurosurgery, Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.