About the Authors

Caiyun Zhang

Contributed equally to this work with: Caiyun Zhang, Xicheng Song

Affiliation Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Changhai Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China

Xicheng Song

Contributed equally to this work with: Caiyun Zhang, Xicheng Song

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Yuhuangding Hospital of Qingdao University, Yantai, China

Minhui Zhu

Affiliation Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Changhai Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China

Song Shi

Affiliation Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Changhai Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China

Meng Li

Affiliation Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Changhai Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China

Lei Jin

Affiliation Department of Stomatology, Jinling Hospital, School of Medicine, Southern Medical University, Nanjing, China

Juntian Lang

Affiliation Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Shanghai Changzheng Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China

Guojun Li

Affiliation Department of Head and Neck Surgery, Unit 1445, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United Sates of America

Hongliang Zheng

zheng_hl2004@163.com

Affiliation Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Changhai Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Software used in analysis: CYZ SS JTL. Conceived and designed the experiments: CYZ XCS GJL HLZ. Performed the experiments: CYZ XCS MHZ SS. Analyzed the data: CYZ ML LJ JTL GJL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CYZ MHZ ML LJ. Wrote the paper: CYZ HLZ.