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Spectral Doppler sonography: a noninvasive method for predicting dyspermia.

Joel H Hillelsohn1, Kai-Wen Chuang, Etai Goldenberg

  • 1Arthur Smith Institute for Urology, Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine, New Hyde Park, NY 11042 USA.

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine : Official Journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine
|July 27, 2013
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Summary
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A resistive index (RI) over 0.6 in testicular sonography indicates impaired sperm production in men with infertility. This supports using Doppler ultrasound for evaluating male reproductive health.

Keywords:
Doppler sonographyinfertilityresistive indexsemen analysis

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Area of Science:

  • Urology
  • Reproductive Medicine
  • Diagnostic Imaging

Background:

  • Subfertile men are often evaluated using noninvasive, office-based sonography.
  • Previous research suggests a resistive index (RI) threshold of 0.6 may correlate with impaired spermatogenesis.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To validate the resistive index (RI) threshold of 0.6 for identifying impaired spermatogenesis in men undergoing infertility evaluation.
  • To assess the diagnostic utility of testicular spectral Doppler sonography in male infertility.

Main Methods:

  • Retrospective review of 91 consecutive patients with nonobstructive male infertility.
  • Calculation of intratesticular resistive index (RI) from Doppler sonography measurements.
  • Comparison of demographic, semen analysis, hormonal, and sonographic parameters between groups with RI ≤ 0.6 and RI > 0.6.

Main Results:

  • Significant differences observed in age, sperm counts, motility, follicle-stimulating hormone, HDL, and testis volume between RI groups.
  • Receiver operating characteristic curve analysis showed an area under the curve of 0.64 (P = .025).
  • An RI > 0.6 demonstrated 63.27% specificity and a 1.56 likelihood ratio for predicting impaired spermatogenesis (total motile sperm < 20 × 10^6).

Conclusions:

  • An intratesticular resistive index (RI) greater than 0.6 is significantly associated with impaired spermatogenesis.
  • Testicular spectral Doppler sonography, using RI, is a valuable noninvasive tool for assessing male testicular function in infertility evaluations.