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New modified technique of hydrogel spacer implantation for prostate cancer: a novel method for separation at the prostate apex level under real-time ultrasound guidance

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  1. Department of Urology, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kawaramachi-Hirokoji 465, Kyoto City, Kyoto, 602-8566, Japan

    Tsukasa Narukawa, Takumi Shiraishi, Atsuko Fujihara, Fumiya Hongo & Osamu Ukimura

  2. Department of Radiology, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kawaramachi-Hirokoji 465, Kyoto City, Kyoto, 602-8566, Japan

    Norihiro Aibe & Hideya Yamazaki

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  1. Tsukasa Narukawa
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Osamu Ukimura received clinical trial equipment from Boston Scientific Japan Co., Ltd., but this did not include hydrogel spacer units.

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This retrospective study was approved by the Ethics Committee of the Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine (clinical trial number ERB-C-1637). All patients involved in this study provided written informed consent prior to any procedures.

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Narukawa, T., Shiraishi, T., Aibe, N. et al. New modified technique of hydrogel spacer implantation for prostate cancer: a novel method for separation at the prostate apex level under real-time ultrasound guidance. J Med Ultrasonics 49, 751–752 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10396-022-01254-y

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