Prospective evaluation of scrotal ultrasound and intratesticular perfusion by color-coded duplex sonography (CCDS) in TESE patients with azoospermia

• Published in: World journal of urology Vol. 36; no. 1; pp. 125 - 133
• Main Authors: Altinkilic, Bora, Pilatz, Adrian, Diemer, Thorsten, Wolf, Julia, Bergmann, Martin, Schönbrunn, Sarah, Ligges, Uwe, Schuppe, Hans-Christian, Weidner, Wolfgang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2018; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Adult; Azoospermia - diagnostic imaging; Humans; Male; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Nephrology; Oncology; Original Article; Perfusion; Prospective Studies; Regional Blood Flow; Scrotum - diagnostic imaging; Sperm; Sperm Retrieval; Surgery; Testes; Testis - blood supply; Testis - diagnostic imaging; Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color; Ultrasound; Urology; CCDS; Azoospermia; TESE; Color-coded duplex sonography

Purpose The objective of this study was to assess whether CCDS might improve the outcome of testicular sperm retrieval in patients with azoospermia. Furthermore, we evaluated potential sonographic alterations of the testis before and after trifocal and Micro-TESE. Methods 78 patients were enrolled p...