Lee, Jae Young http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6946-6042
Chung, Hyun Hoon
Kang, Soo Yeon
Park, Eun-Joo
Park, Dong Hyuk
Son, Keonho
Han, Joon Koo
Funding for this research was provided by:
MOTIE (Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy)/KEIT (10043474)
Article History
Received: 29 March 2019
Revised: 21 August 2019
Accepted: 19 September 2019
First Online: 8 November 2019
Compliance with ethical standards
: This study adhered to the ethical standards of the Helsinki Declaration.
: The scientific guarantor of this publication is Joon Koo Han, M.D., who is the immediate past-chief of our department.
: The HIFU system for this study was provided by Alpinion Medical Systems (Seoul, Korea). However, the data of this study was completely controlled by the MD authors and regularly checked by the CRO, which were unbiased by the industry. Keonho Son, one author of this manuscript is working as a managing director for Alpinion Medical System.
: Synex (CRO, Seoul, Korea) kindly provided statistical advice (sample volume decision) for this manuscript. Other than that, no complex statistical methods were necessary for this paper.
: Written informed consent was obtained from all subjects (patients) in this study.
: Institutional Review Board approval was obtained.
: • Prospective study• Observational study• Performed at one institution