ReviewJournal of ultrasound2018
Sonography in male infertility: a look beyond the obvious.
Review in Journal of ultrasound, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Role of Transrectal-ultrasound in Evaluation of Azoospermia
Effect of Recent Ejaculation on Scrotal Duplex Parameters in Infertile Males With Varicocele
Who cites it
7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 22 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effects of major analgesics on male fertility: A systematic literature review.JBRA assisted reproduction · 2024Pooled it
- Decoding the Puzzle of Male Infertility: The Role of Infection, Inflammation, and Autoimmunity.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- The role of the resistive index in predicting testicular atrophy after orchiopexy in unilateral undescended testis.Pediatric surgery international · 2022Article
- Impact ofPathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Human and animal fertility studies in cystinosis reveal signs of obstructive azoospermia, an altered blood-testis barrier and a subtherapeutic effect of cysteamine in testis.Journal of inherited metabolic disease · 2021Article
- Obstructive oligospermia: the role of interventional radiology in its diagnosis and treatment.Polish journal of radiology · 2021Article
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Authors and funding
7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
Infertility affects 15-20% of the reproductive age range population; the male factor accounts for up to 40-60% of these. With female factor infertility catching most of the limelight in research, diagnosis and treatment, the other half of the problem has not been duly addressed. Imaging has an important role to play in the evaluation of male infertility, especially to identify correctible (obstructive) causes. We review the scrotal, trans-rectal sonographic and Doppler findings in infertile men to aid in the accurate diagnosis and proper management of such patients.
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