From the *School of Medicine, National Defense Medical Center; †Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei; ‡Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Taoyuan Armed Forces General Hospital, Taoyuan; and §Department of Orthopedics, Shuang Ho Hospital, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China.
Received October 26, 2017, and accepted for publication, after revision October 26, 2017.
Sources of funding: Financial support for this work was provided by the Ministry of National Defense, ROC (MAB102-5, 103-M015, MAB-104-030), National Defense Medical Center, Tri-Service General Hospital, ROC (TSGH-C102-006-008-013-S02, TSGH-C103-139, TSGH-C104-134) and Taoyuan Armed Forces General Hospital, ROC (AFTYGH-104-27, AFTYGH-105-29). Additional financial support was provided by Chunghwa Pharmaceutical Research Foundation, Taiwan, Republic of China.
Conflicts of interest: none declared.
Reprints: Niann-Tzyy Dai, MD, PhD, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taiwan, ROC No. 325, Section 2, Cheng-Kung Rd, Nei-Hu District, Taipei 114, Taiwan, Republic of China. E-mail: [email protected].
