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Intraoperative ultrasound monitoring with superb microvascular imaging in focal cryotherapy for prostate cancer

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Toru Matsugasumi, Tsuyoshi Iwata, Yasuhiro Yamada, Takumi Shiraishi, Atsuko Fujihara, Koji Okihara, and Osamu Ukimura declare that they have no conflicts of interest.

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All the procedures followed were in accordance with ethical standards of the responsible committee on human experimentation and with the Helsinki Declaration of 1964 and later versions. This study was approved by the research ethics committee of Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine (Approval Nos. ERB-C-1078 and ERB-C-1146). Informed consent was obtained from all the patients.

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Matsugasumi, T., Iwata, T., Yamada, Y. et al. Intraoperative ultrasound monitoring with superb microvascular imaging in focal cryotherapy for prostate cancer. J Med Ultrasonics 49, 497–498 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10396-022-01206-6

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