About the Authors

Noriaki Yokogawa

chakkun1981chakkun@yahoo.co.jp

Affiliation Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan

Hideki Murakami

Affiliation Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan

Satoru Demura

Affiliation Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan

Satoshi Kato

Affiliation Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan

Katsuhito Yoshioka

Affiliation Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan

Hiroyuki Hayashi

Affiliation Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan

Takayoshi Ishii

Affiliation Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan

Takashi Igarashi

Affiliation Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan

Xiang Fang

Affiliation Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan

Hiroyuki Tsuchiya

Affiliation Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NY HM HT. Performed the experiments: NY HM SD SK KY HH T. Ishii T. Igarashi. Analyzed the data: NY HH. Wrote the paper: NY HM XF HT.