ArticleJournal of ultrasound2020
Experience of using shear wave elastography in evaluation of testicular stiffness in cases of male infertility.
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Testicular Elastography for Predicting the Likelihood of Sperm Retrieval in Microscopic Testicular Sperm Extraction
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17 citing papers in PubMed, 27 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Recent advances in the management of male infertility.Asian journal of andrology · 2025Review
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- Shear Wave Elastography Evaluation of Testicular Stiffness in Dogs Affected by Testicular Pathology.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025Article
- The role of testicular stiffness derived from shear wave elastography in the assessment of spermatogenesis in men with varicocele.Quantitative imaging in medicine and surgery · 2024Article
- The relationship of testicular stiffness with Johnsen score and sperm retrieval outcome in men with non-obstructive azoospermia.Quantitative imaging in medicine and surgery · 2024Article
- Artificial Intelligence in Andrology: From Semen Analysis to Image Diagnostics.The world journal of men's health · 2024Review
- Assessment of testicular stiffness in fertile dogs with shear wave elastography techniques: a pilot study.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2024Article
- Testicular Evaluation Using Shear Wave Elastography (SWE) in Patients with Varicocele.Journal of imaging · 2023Article
- Sonography in male infertility: a useful yet underutilized diagnostic tool.Journal of ultrasound · 2022Article
- Elastography in the Urological Practice: Urinary and Male Genital Tract, Prostate Excluded-Review.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- Can shear wave elastography determine remnant thyroid tissue in the early postoperative period in patients with differentiated thyroid carcinoma?Journal of ultrasound · 2022Article
- Application of real-time shear wave elastography in the assessment of male infertility.Quantitative imaging in medicine and surgery · 2022Article
- Evaluation of perforating venous insufficiency with shear wave elastography: a preliminary study.Journal of ultrasound · 2021Article
- Testicular shear wave elastography in oligo-astheno-teratozoospermic individuals: a prospective case-control study.International urology and nephrology · 2021Article
- Diagnostic performance of shear wave elastography in discriminating malignant and benign breast lesions : Our experience with QelaXtoTM software.Journal of ultrasound · 2020Observational
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Abstract
purposeThe purpose of this study was to determine quantitative testicular tissue stiffness values in normal and infertile men using shear wave elastography (SWE), and to evaluate the relationship between infertility and testicular stiffness value.
methodsIn total, 100 testes of 50 infertile patients with abnormal semen parameters were classified as group A, and 100 testes of 50 control subjects were classified as group B. These two groups were compared in terms of age, testicular volume, and SWE values. The group B testes were randomly chosen from patients who had applied for ultrasonography for any reason, and who had no testis disease and no history of infertility.
resultsThe mean age of the patients was 27.83 years, and no significant difference in age was found between the groups (P = 0.133). No significant difference in testicular volume was found between the groups (P = 0.672). The SWE values were significantly higher in group A than in group B (P = 0.000 for both m/s and kPa values). SWE values had a negative correlation with mean testicular volume in group A (for m/s values: P = 0.043; for kPa values: P = 0.024).
conclusionSWE can be a useful technique for assessing testicular stiffness in infertile patients to predict parenchymal damage in testicular tissue that leads to an abnormality in sperm quantity. In addition, decreased testicular volume, together with increased SWE values, can reflect the degree of parenchymal damage.
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