About the Authors

Ping Zhou

Affiliations Department of General Surgery, The Third Affiliated Hospital to Nantong University, Wuxi, China, Department of Intensive Care Unite, The Third Affiliated Hospital to Nantong University, Wuxi, China

Guo-Qiang Lv

Affiliation Department of General Surgery, The Third Affiliated Hospital to Nantong University, Wuxi, China

Jian-Zhong Wang

Affiliation Institute of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, The Third Affiliated Hospital to Nantong University, Wuxi, China

Cheng-Wan Li

Affiliation Institute of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, The Third Affiliated Hospital to Nantong University, Wuxi, China

Liang-Feng Du

Affiliation Department of Intensive Care Unite, The Third Affiliated Hospital to Nantong University, Wuxi, China

Chun Zhang

wxsyzc@gmail.com (CZ); lijianping_sy@126.com (J-PL)

Affiliation Department of General Surgery, The Third Affiliated Hospital to Nantong University, Wuxi, China

Jian-Ping Li

wxsyzc@gmail.com (CZ); lijianping_sy@126.com (J-PL)

Affiliation Department of General Surgery, The Third Affiliated Hospital to Nantong University, Wuxi, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CZ J-PL. Performed the experiments: PZ G-QL. Analyzed the data: J-ZW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: C-WL L-FD. Wrote the paper: PZ.