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Testicular stiffness in varicocele: evaluation with shear wave elastography

PURPOSE: This study was conducted to evaluate the potential role of shear wave elastography (SWE) in the evaluation of testes in patients with varicocele. METHODS: A total of 116 testes of 58 patients with left-sided varicocele and 58 testes of 29 age-matched healthy controls were included in the st...

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Autores principales: Turna, Onder, Aybar, Mustafa Devran
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Korean Society of Ultrasound in Medicine 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7515660/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32326674
http://dx.doi.org/10.14366/usg.19087
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description PURPOSE: This study was conducted to evaluate the potential role of shear wave elastography (SWE) in the evaluation of testes in patients with varicocele. METHODS: A total of 116 testes of 58 patients with left-sided varicocele and 58 testes of 29 age-matched healthy controls were included in the study. The patients' testes were classified into groups A (normospermic) and B (oligospermic) based on the presence of oligospermia. The mean SWE values and volume of the testes with varicocele were compared with the contralateral normal testes of the patients and the testes of healthy controls. RESULTS: The mean SWE value of the left testes in groups A (4.77±1.16 kPa) and B (6.15±1.96 kPa) exceeded that of the healthy controls (3.79±0.94 kPa) (P<0.001). The mean SWE value of the left testes in group B (6.15±1.96 kPa) exceeded that of group A (4.77±1.16 kPa) (P=0.002). No correlation was observed between testicular stiffness and the grade of varicocele (r=0.102, P=0.423) CONCLUSION: The testes with varicocele were stiffer than the contralateral testes and the testes of healthy controls, and SWE might play an auxiliary role to conventional ultrasonography in assessing pathologic alterations in the testis owing to varicocele.
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spelling pubmed-75156602020-10-03 Testicular stiffness in varicocele: evaluation with shear wave elastography Turna, Onder Aybar, Mustafa Devran Ultrasonography Original Article PURPOSE: This study was conducted to evaluate the potential role of shear wave elastography (SWE) in the evaluation of testes in patients with varicocele. METHODS: A total of 116 testes of 58 patients with left-sided varicocele and 58 testes of 29 age-matched healthy controls were included in the study. The patients' testes were classified into groups A (normospermic) and B (oligospermic) based on the presence of oligospermia. The mean SWE values and volume of the testes with varicocele were compared with the contralateral normal testes of the patients and the testes of healthy controls. RESULTS: The mean SWE value of the left testes in groups A (4.77±1.16 kPa) and B (6.15±1.96 kPa) exceeded that of the healthy controls (3.79±0.94 kPa) (P<0.001). The mean SWE value of the left testes in group B (6.15±1.96 kPa) exceeded that of group A (4.77±1.16 kPa) (P=0.002). No correlation was observed between testicular stiffness and the grade of varicocele (r=0.102, P=0.423) CONCLUSION: The testes with varicocele were stiffer than the contralateral testes and the testes of healthy controls, and SWE might play an auxiliary role to conventional ultrasonography in assessing pathologic alterations in the testis owing to varicocele. Korean Society of Ultrasound in Medicine 2020-10 2020-03-07 /pmc/articles/PMC7515660/ /pubmed/32326674 http://dx.doi.org/10.14366/usg.19087 Text en Copyright © 2020 Korean Society of Ultrasound in Medicine (KSUM) This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Testicular stiffness in varicocele: evaluation with shear wave elastography
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title_fullStr Testicular stiffness in varicocele: evaluation with shear wave elastography
title_full_unstemmed Testicular stiffness in varicocele: evaluation with shear wave elastography
title_short Testicular stiffness in varicocele: evaluation with shear wave elastography
title_sort testicular stiffness in varicocele: evaluation with shear wave elastography
topic Original Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7515660/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32326674
http://dx.doi.org/10.14366/usg.19087
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