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==== Adverse Events ==== | ==== Adverse Events ==== | ||
*'''Most serious potential complication: inadvertent biopsy of the epididymis''' | *'''<span style="color:#ff0000">Most serious potential complication: inadvertent biopsy of the epididymis''' | ||
**If histologic evaluation of the biopsy material reveals epididymis with sperm within the epididymal tubule, obstruction of the epididymis at the site of the biopsy is certain. | **If histologic evaluation of the biopsy material reveals epididymis with sperm within the epididymal tubule, obstruction of the epididymis at the site of the biopsy is certain. | ||
***If there are no sperm within the epididymal tubules, the patient is either obstructed above the level of the epididymal biopsy site or has primary seminiferous tubular failure and no harm has been done. | ***If there are no sperm within the epididymal tubules, the patient is either obstructed above the level of the epididymal biopsy site or has primary seminiferous tubular failure and no harm has been done. | ||
*'''Most common potential complication: hematoma''' | *'''Most common potential complication: hematoma''' | ||
===Surgical Sperm Extraction=== | ===Surgical Sperm Extraction=== | ||
====Indications==== | ====Indications==== | ||