About the Authors

Xin Li

Affiliation Department of Urology, Urologic Institute of PLA, Southwestern Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China

Jin-hong Pan

Affiliation Department of Urology, Urologic Institute of PLA, Southwestern Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China

Qi-gui Liu

Affiliation Department of Urology, Kunming General Hospital of Chengdu Military Command, Kunming, Yunan, China

Peng He

Affiliation Department of Urology, Urologic Institute of PLA, Southwestern Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China

Si-ji Song

Affiliation Department of Urology, Urologic Institute of PLA, Southwestern Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China

Tao Jiang

Affiliation Department of Urology, Urologic Institute of PLA, Southwestern Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China

Zhan-song Zhou

zhouzhansong@sohu.com

Affiliation Department of Urology, Urologic Institute of PLA, Southwestern Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: XL ZSZ. Analyzed the data: XL ZSZ. Wrote the paper: XL ZSZ. Collection of data, in the performance of surgery and in patient followup: XL JHP QGL PH SJS TJ ZSZ.