Central role of ultrasound in the evaluation of testicular function and genital tract obstruction in infertile males.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Scrotal color Doppler ultrasonography and transrectal ultrasonography provide crucial information about the clinical status of testes and male accessory glands.

Objective

To analyze the impact of ultrasound in the evaluation of infertile males.

Materials and methods

A total of 1120 records from infertile men were retrospectively evaluated (from January 2016 up to June 2020). Data on physical examination, semen analysis, sperm culture, scrotal color Doppler ultrasonography and transrectal ultrasonography, as well as sex hormones were analyzed. Among them, 238 reports from oligozoospermic/azoospermic infertile patients (P) fulfilling the inclusion criteria were considered for data analysis. Patients were subdivided into two groups according to follicle-stimul

SUBMITTER: Garolla A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8596694 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature