Bo-Lin Yang, Ping Zhu, You-Ran Li, Min-Min Xu, Hao Wang, Li-Chao Qiao, Hai-Xia Xu, Hong-Jin Chen
Bo-Lin Yang, Ping Zhu, You-Ran Li, Min-Min Xu, Hao Wang, Li-Chao Qiao, Hai-Xia Xu, Hong-Jin Chen, Department of Colorectal Surgery, The Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210029, Jiangsu Province, China
Author contributions: Yang BL and Chen HJ contributed to the conception and design of the study, acquisition, analysis and interpretation of data; all authors drafted the article and made critical revisions, and approved the final version of the article to be published.
Supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province, China, No. BK2016157; the National Natural Science Foundation of China, No. 81673973; Phase II Project Funded by the Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions, No. 035062002003; and Developing Program for High-level Academic Talent in Jiangsu Hospital of TCM, No. y2018rc16.
Conflict-of-interest statement: To the best of our knowledge, no conflict of interest exists.
Data sharing statement: No additional data are available.
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Correspondence to: Hong-Jin Chen, MD, Chief Doctor, Department of Colorectal Surgery, The Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Hanzhong 155 Rd, Nanjing 210029, Jiangsu Province, China. 260789@njucm.edu.cn
Telephone: +86-13851887158
Received: May 10, 2018
Peer-review started: May 10, 2018
First decision: June 11, 2018
Revised: June 27, 2018
Accepted: June 28, 2018
Article in press: June 28, 2018
Published online: August 14, 2018
