About the Authors

Pei Xue

Affiliations Department of Surgery, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China, Shanghai Minimally Invasive Surgery Center, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China

Wen-Quan Niu

Affiliation Shanghai Institute of Hypertension, Shanghai, China

Zhao-Yan Jiang

Affiliations Department of Surgery, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China, Shanghai Institute of Digestive Surgery, Shanghai, China

Min-Hua Zheng

Affiliations Department of Surgery, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China, Shanghai Minimally Invasive Surgery Center, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China

Jian Fei

feijian@hotmail.com

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: Z-YJ M-HZ JF. Performed the experiments: PX. Analyzed the data: PX W-QN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: W-QN Z-YJ JF. Wrote the paper: PX.