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aDepartment of Dermatologic Surgery DivisionI, Shanghai Skin Disease Hospital Affiliated to Tongji University, Shanghai 200443, China bDepartment of Anorectal Surgery, Shuguang Hospital, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 201203, Shanghai, China Sponsorships or competing interests that may be relevant to content are disclosed at the end of this article. Published online ■ ■ *Corresponding author. Address: Department of Dermatologic Surgery DivisionI, Shanghai Skin Disease Hospital Affiliated to Tongji University, Shanghai 200443, China; Department of Anorectal Surgery, Shuguang Hospital, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine; Shanghai, China. E-mail address: [email protected] (Z. Mei). *Corresponding author. Address: Department of Dermatologic Surgery DivisionI, Shanghai Skin Disease Hospital Affiliated to Tongji University, No. 1278, Baode Road, Jing’an District, Shanghai, 200443, China. E-mail address: [email protected].(Y. Chen). This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 4.0, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work, even for commercial purposes, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/