Zhi-Qiang Cheng, Tong-Ming Liu, Peng-Fei Ren, Chang Chen, Yan-Lei Wang, Yong Dai, Xiang Zhang
Zhi-Qiang Cheng, Chang Chen, Yan-Lei Wang, Yong Dai, Xiang Zhang, Department of General Surgery, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan 250012, Shandong Province, China
Tong-Ming Liu, Department of Colorectal and Anal Surgery, Feicheng Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, Feicheng 271600, Shandong Province, China
Peng-Fei Ren, Department of General Surgery, Lincheng People’s Hospital, Dezhou 253500, Shandong Province, China
Author contributions: Cheng ZQ and Liu TM were involved in animal surgery, data collection, interpretation, statistical analysis, and writing of the manuscript; Ren PF, Chen C, Wang YL and Dai Y were involved in animal surgery, experimental analysis and assist in writing; Cheng ZQ, Dai Y and Zhang X were involved in conception, design, and coordination of the work; Dai Y and Zhang X are the guarantors of this work; and all authors critically reviewed the manuscript and have approved the publication of this final version of the manuscript.
Institutional animal care and use committee statement: All procedures involving animals were reviewed and approved by the Ethics Committee on Animal Experiment of Shandong University Qilu Hospital (KYLL-2017(ZM)-156).
Conflict-of-interest statement: All the authors report no relevant conflicts of interest for this article.
Data sharing statement: No additional data are available.
ARRIVE guidelines statement: The authors have read the ARRIVE guidelines, and the manuscript was prepared and revised according to the ARRIVE guidelines.
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https://creativecommons.org/Licenses/by-nc/4.0/ Corresponding author: Xiang Zhang, MD, PhD, Surgeon, Surgical Oncologist, Department of General Surgery, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, No. 107 West Wenhua Road, Jinan 250012, Shandong Province, China. xiang.zhang02@hotmail.com
Received: March 11, 2022
Peer-review started: March 11, 2022
First decision: May 10, 2022
Revised: May 12, 2022
Accepted: July 25, 2022
Article in press: July 25, 2022
Published online: August 21, 2022
