title: Optical coherence tomography: a novel modality for scrotal imaging.
abstract: BACKGROUND: For patients with nonobstructive azoospermia, sperm retrieval rates remain modest. We describe the use of optical coherence tomography to improve retrieval rates and to decrease tissue destruction. METHODS: Four patients underwent diagnostic testicular biopsy and imaging with the Niris optical coherence tomography device. We performed a descriptive comparison between optical coherence tomographic images and conventional histology. RESULTS: The measured seminiferous tubule diameter differed by 16 mum between comparative imaging from optical coherence tomography and conventional histology using hematoxylin and eosin staining. CONCLUSION: We illustrate the usefulness of optical coherence tomography in the setting of testicular biopsy and the management of nonobstructive azoospermia.
authors: Urologic Oncology Fellow, University of California, San Francisco, Calif., and.
authors: Cole
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authors: Davis
authors: Wayne
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authors: Kuang