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Funding Support: This work was supported by the Key R&D Program of Shaanxi Province Universities and Colleges [NO. 2020GXLH-Y-026]. 3D Printing Medical Research Funding Project of the First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University [NO. XJTU1AF-3D-2018-003] and Science Development Foundation of the First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University (2018MS-27). The funding sources had no role in the whole study.