About the Authors

Li-Ping Chai

clp58612@163.com

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology, First Affiliated Hospital and Otolaryngology Institute, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, P. R. China

Zhang-Feng Wang

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology, First Affiliated Hospital and Otolaryngology Institute, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, P. R. China

Wei-Ying Liang

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology, The University of Hong Kong-Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, P. R. China

Lei Chen

Affiliation Department of Burns Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, P. R. China

Dan Chen

Affiliation Department of Oral and Mallofacial Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, P. R. China

An-Xun Wang

Affiliation Department of Oral and Mallofacial Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, P. R. China

Zhao-Qiang Zhang

Affiliation Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Hospital of Stomatology, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, P. R. China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LPC. Performed the experiments: LPC ZFW WYL LC DC AXW ZQZ. Analyzed the data: LPC ZFW WYL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ZFW WYL LC LPC. Wrote the paper: LPC ZFW WYL.