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ea0081ep913 | Reproductive and Developmental Endocrinology | ECE2022

Color-doppler ultrasound predicts hypothalamic-pituitary-testicular axis function in infertile patients

Grande Giuseppe , Palego Pierfrancesco , Canossa Andrea , Caretta Nicola , Nisio Andrea Di , Corona Giovanni , Ferlin Alberto , Foresta Carlo , Garolla Andrea

Scrotal color-doppler ultrasonography (sCDUS) and transrectal ultrasonography (trCDUS) provide crucial information about the clinical status of testes and male accessory glands. However, the US evaluation of the infertile male is still often considered as a second level diagnostic tool. To analyze the role of ultrasound in male infertility, in order to predict hypothalamic-pituitary-testicular axis function, 1120 records from infertile men were retrospectively evaluated (from ...