About the Authors

Hong-Chen Qu

Affiliation Department of Urological Surgery, The Fourth Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning, P. R. China

Wei Zhang

Affiliation Department of Orthodontics, The Dental Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning, P. R. China

Shi Yan

Affiliation Department of Urological Surgery, The Third Hospital of Shenyang, Shenyang, Liaoning, P. R. China

Yi-Li Liu

Affiliation Department of Urological Surgery, The Fourth Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning, P. R. China

Ping Wang

cmu4h_wangping@126.com

Affiliation Department of Urological Surgery, The Fourth Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning, P. R. China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HCQ PW. Performed the experiments: HCQ WZ. Analyzed the data: SY YLL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HCQ PW. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: HCQ WZ.