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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Pediatr.
Sec. Pediatric Urology
Volume 12 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fped.2024.1477821

Application Value of Strain Elastography in Testicular Injury Assessment after Torsion

Provisionally accepted
Jiehong Zhou Jiehong Zhou Chihan Peng Chihan Peng Xiaoxia Zhu Xiaoxia Zhu Wenqing Yao Wenqing Yao Yan Luo Yan Luo Lulu Yang Lulu Yang *
  • West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China

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    Aim: To evaluate the capability of strain elastography (SE) in assessing testicular injury degrees after torsion.Material and methods: Fifty rabbits were divided into four groups according to the different degrees of testicular torsion (TT) at 0 • , 180 • , 360 • and 720 • . For each animal, according to the tissue stiffness distribution, SE score and strain ratio (SR) were obtained. With the histopathological results as the reference, the correlation coefficients of apoptotic index and SE score or SR were calculated, and the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves were created to assess the capability of SE in assessing testicular injury degrees.Results: A significant positive correlation was found between apoptotic index and SE score, as well as the SR, the corresponding correlation coefficient was 0.70 (<0.001) and 0.68 (P =0.001), respectively. The areas under the ROC curves (AUCs ) of SE score and SR for identifying ischemia/hypoxia injury were found to be 0.81(95% CI, 0.71-0.93) and 0.73 (95% CI, 0.60-0.86), respectively. In identifying irreversible damage, the AUCs were 0.69 (95% CI, 0.56-0.83) and 0.71(95% CI, 0.59-0.84) for SE score and SR, respectively.Conclusions: SE scores exhibited good diagnostic capability for detecting ischemia/ hypoxia injury after TT. In early identification of severe injury/necrosis following TT, SE demonstrated some value, but not ideal.

    Keywords: Testicular torsion, elastography, Strain elastography, ultrasound, testes

    Received: 08 Aug 2024; Accepted: 06 Nov 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Zhou, Peng, Zhu, Yao, Luo and Yang. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Lulu Yang, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China

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