Effects of ultrasound on ultrastructure of human testes.
Studies to detect ultrastructural changes in testicular tissues after a fifteen-minute exposure to ultrasonic waves were done in 10 men undergoing bilateral orchiectomies for prostatic carcinoma. Examination of Sertoli cells and germ cells in different stages of differentiation failed to reveal significant differences between exposed and control testes.
D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012708:Sertoli Cells / Q000648:ultrastructure; D013094:Spermatozoa / Q000648:ultrastructure; D013737:Testis / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D014465:Ultrasonics