%0 Journal Article
%T Comparison of Testicular Sonography and Elastography Findings With Semen Parameters in Cases Investigated for Infertility.
%A Aliyev R
%A Hekimsoy İ
%A Tamsel İ
%A Ekizalioğlu DD
%A Kalemci MS
%A Altay B
%J J Ultrasound Med
%V 0
%N 0
%D 2024 Jun 12
%M 38864308
%F 2.754
%R 10.1002/jum.16510
%X <B>OBJECTIVE: </B>This study aimed to investigate the correlation between testicular shear wave elastography (SWE) values and semen analysis results in men with infertility.<BR><B>METHODS: </B>This was a retrospective case-control study. Patients were categorized as normal, abnormal, or azoospermic based on sperm analysis results. Testicular volume was measured using B-mode ultrasonography using the Lambert formula. Subsequently, 40-80 regions of interest measuring 1.5 × 1.5 mm were manually positioned in both testicles based on their size, and two-dimensional SWE was applied through virtual touch imaging quantification software.<BR><B>RESULTS: </B>The patients had a mean age of 33.79 ± 6.3 years, with semen analysis revealing normal results in 15 patients (22.4%), pathological findings in 35 patients (52.2%), and azoospermia in 17 patients (25.4%). Right, left, total, and mean testicular volumes were significantly lower in patients with azoospermia compared to those in both normal and impaired semen parameters (P < .05). Conversely, testicular elastography scores were higher in patients with azoospermia than in the other groups (P < .05). The significant negative correlation between volume and elastographic findings remained independent of age (r = 0.4, P < .001). The accuracy rates for detecting impaired semen parameters and azoospermia were 94.3% and 94.1%, respectively, after considering factors such as age, testicular volume (right/left/total), and elastography (right/left/total). Notably, the total mean elastography score ranked first, with 100% in the independent normalized importance distribution of these variables.<BR><B>CONCLUSIONS: </B>SWE can be used effectively alone or in combination with other diagnostic tools to evaluate histopathological changes in the testicles of male patients with infertility.