ArticleJournal of medical ultrasound
Shear Wave Elastography for Assessment of Testicular Stiffness in Patients with Varicocele: A Prospective Comparative Study.
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Surgical efficacy and predictors of outcome in varicocelectomy: a meta-analysis of multivariable studies.World journal of urology · 2025Pooled it
- Testicular shear wave elastography in varicocele: measurement strategy and clinical application.Basic and clinical andrology · 2026Article
- Clinical value of shear wave elastography (SWE) combined with superb microvascular imaging (SMI) for the evaluation of semen abnormalities.American journal of translational research · 2026Article
- Testicular Stiffness and Volume in Varicocele Patients: A Prospective Comparative Shear Wave Elastography Study.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Shear Wave Elastography Evaluation of Testicular Stiffness in Dogs Affected by Testicular Pathology.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025Article
- Nomograms for Predicting Postoperative Sperm Improvements in Varicocele Patients.European urology open science · 2024Article
- Assessment of testicular stiffness in fertile dogs with shear wave elastography techniques: a pilot study.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2024Article
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Abstract
Background: The purpose of this study was to use ultrasonography and shear wave elastography (SWE) to assess stiffness and volume of testes in adult patients with varicocele, to compare the results with those of normal contralateral testes of the same patients and healthy testes of control subjects. Methods: In this IRB-approved prospective comparative study, 58 patients with varicocele (116 testes) and 58 control patients (116 testes) were enrolled. A total of 66 testes with varicocele were added to group A, their 50 healthful contralateral testes were added to Group B, and 116 healthy control testes were added to Group C. Analysis of variance (one way ANOVA) test was used to compare groups and Student's Results: There was not a significant difference in the mean SWE values between three groups and also, between two-group comparisons ( Conclusion: A significant correlation was not determined between SWE values and varicocele, and also between SWE values and testicular volume. We advise that more studies with larger populations of patients are required to verify the effectiveness of SWE in predicting testicular parenchymal damage.
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