About the Authors

YuLin Li

Contributed equally to this work with: YuLin Li, GuangZhi Ning

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedics, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, PR China

GuangZhi Ning

Contributed equally to this work with: YuLin Li, GuangZhi Ning

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedics, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, PR China

Qiang Wu

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedics, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, PR China

QiuLi Wu

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedics, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, PR China

Yan Li

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedics, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, PR China

ShiQing Feng

fengsq321@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedics, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, PR China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GZN SQF. Performed the experiments: YLL QW. Analyzed the data: YLL QLW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YLL YL. Wrote the paper: YLL.