TESTICULAR ELASTOGRAPHY IN PATIENTS WITH VARICOCELE AND INFERTILITY

Authors

  • Dr. Rashid Najm Jasim

    M.B.Ch.B., CABMS. \ (Radiology) Iraqi Ministry of Health, Dhi Qar Health Directorate. Head of Health Directorate, Dhi Qar, Iraq

    Author

  • Dr. Mustafa Ghazi Saad

    M.B.Ch.B., CABMS. \ (Radiology) Iraqi Ministry of Health, Basra Health Directorate. Al Maoanie Teaching Hospital, Basra, Iraq

    Translator

  • Dr. Bashar Abdul Razzaq Molan

    M. B. CH.B, DMRD Iraqi Ministry of Health, Basrah Health Directorate Basrah Children Speciality Hospital, Radiology Department

    Author

  • Dr. Ali Qais Abdulkafi

    M.B.Ch.B., D.C.H. \ (Pediatrics) Iraqi Ministry of Health, Kirkuk Health Directorate, Director of the Technical Affairs Department, Kirkuk Teaching Hospital, Kirkuk, Iraq

    Author

Keywords:
Elastography, Sono- elastography, Ultrasound, Scrotum, Testis
Abstract

We wish to evaluate the performance of Real-time Elastography (RTE) in assessing the effect of varicocele on testicular interstitial elasticity as well as in forecasting the effect of varicocele on sperm motility.

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2026-06-09
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Vol. 2 No. 6 (2026)
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TESTICULAR ELASTOGRAPHY IN PATIENTS WITH VARICOCELE AND INFERTILITY. (2026). Eureka Journal of Health Sciences & Medical Innovation, 2(6), 194-211. https://eurekaoa.com/index.php/5/article/view/1282

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