ReviewThe British journal of radiology2012
Male infertility: the role of imaging in diagnosis and management.
Review in The British journal of radiology, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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24 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 97 citations in OpenAlex.
- Guideline of guidelines: management of small testicular masses.BJU international · 2026Pooled it
- Innovative treatment approaches for azoospermia: causes, emerging techniques, and future directions.Molecular biology reports · 2026Review
- Epidemiology, Etiopathogenesis, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Male Infertility-Current Trends and Future Directions: A Narrative Review.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2026Review
- Differentiation between nonobstructive azoospermia and obstructive azoospermia: then and now.Asian journal of andrology · 2025Review
- Future prospects for the advancement of treatment of men with NOA: focus on gene editing, artificial sperm, stem cells, and use of imaging.Asian journal of andrology · 2025Review
- Advanced Sonographic Techniques in the Comprehensive Evaluation and Diagnosis of Male Infertility.Cureus · 2024Article
- Integrative Assessment of Seminal Plasma Biomarkers: A Narrative Review Bridging the Gap between Infertility Research and Clinical Practice.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Review
- A Rare Case of Penoscrotal Webbing and Extensive Hernias: An Anatomical Report With Genetic Insights.Cureus · 2023Article
- Functional histology of human scrotal wall layers and their overlooked relation with infertility: a narrative review.International journal of impotence research · 2023Review
- New Sperm Morphology Analysis in Equids: TrumorphVeterinary sciences · 2021Article
- Obstructive oligospermia: the role of interventional radiology in its diagnosis and treatment.Polish journal of radiology · 2021Article
- MRI in the evaluation of the azoospermic male.Diagnostic and interventional radiology (Ankara, Turkey) · 2020Article
- The role of color Doppler in assisted reproduction: A narrative review.International journal of reproductive biomedicine · 2019Review
- Ultrasound Evaluation of Testicular Volume in Patients with Testicular Microlithiasis.Ultrasound international open · 2018Article
- Sonography in male infertility: a look beyond the obvious.Journal of ultrasound · 2018Review
- [Rational diagnosis and treatment of male infertility].Der Urologe. Ausg. A · 2017Review
- Evaluation of the diagnostic efficacy of strain elastography in infertile population with normal and abnormal semen parameters.Turkish journal of urology · 2017Article
- Potential role of imaging in assessing harmful effects on spermatogenesis in adult testes with varicocele.World journal of radiology · 2017Review
- Zinner syndrome: an uncommon cause of painful ejaculation.BMJ case reports · 2015Article
- Male urogenital disorders.The British journal of radiology · 2012Article
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Abstract
The investigation of male infertility is assuming greater importance, with male factors implicated as a causal factor in up to half of infertile couples. Following routine history, examination and blood tests, imaging is frequently utilised in order to assess the scrotal contents for testicular volume and morphology. Additionally, this may give indirect evidence of the presence of possible reversible pathology in the form of obstructive azoospermia. Further imaging in the form of transrectal ultrasound and MRI is then often able to categorise the level of obstruction and facilitate treatment planning without resort to more invasive imaging such as vasography. Ultrasound guidance of therapy such as sperm or cyst aspiration and vasal cannulation may also be performed. This article reviews the imaging modalities used in the investigation of male infertility, and illustrates normal and abnormal findings that may be demonstrated.
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