A new power Doppler ultrasound guiding technique for improved testicular sperm extraction
| Autor: | David Elad, Haim Yavetz, Ron Hauser, Osnat Eytan, Ariel J. Jaffa, Joseph Har-Toov |
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| Rok vydání: | 2004 |
| Předmět: |
Male
endocrine system medicine.medical_specialty Testicular tissue Biopsy Vascularity Testis medicine Humans Gynecology medicine.diagnostic_test urogenital system business.industry Ultrasound Outcome measures Obstetrics and Gynecology Ultrasonography Doppler Oligospermia Prediction rate Power doppler ultrasound Spermatozoa Testicular sperm extraction Reproductive Medicine Tissue and Organ Harvesting Radiology medicine.symptom business |
| Zdroj: | Fertility and Sterility. 81:430-434 |
| ISSN: | 0015-0282 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2003.07.020 |
| Popis: | Objective To develop a noninvasive procedure that employs image processing of power Doppler ultrasound (PDUS) images of several orthogonal cross-sections of the testis to construct a three-dimensional (3D) mapping of preferential testicular regions in which spermatozoa are most likely to be found in nonobstructive azoospermic testes. Design Clinical study. Setting Ultrasound and andrology units in a large university-affiliated municipal hospital. Patient(s) Twenty-four nonobstructive azoospermic men. Intervention(s) Before testicular sperm extraction was performed, PDUS images were acquired at seven cross-sections to reconstruct a 3D testicular vascularity index (TVI) matrix for spatial mapping of testicular regions in which spermatozoa are most likely to be found. The predictions based on TVI values of 107 regions were compared with the biopsy results. Main outcome measure(s) Prediction of presence or absence of spermatozoa by TVI values. Result(s) The prediction rate of the TVI matrix for the presence or absence of spermatozoa was 74.8%. The positive predicted value was 72%, negative predicted value was 75.6%, and specificity was 89.8%, but sensitivity was 47.3%. Conclusion(s) Our technique may obviate the need for arbitrary multiple biopsies that inflict some degree of damage upon testicular tissue and may increase the success rate of identifying viable spermatozoa in testicular tissue. |
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