Do they put you to sleep for testicular biopsy?
Testicular biopsy can be performed under local and general anaesthesia. Usually, the procedure is performed as day-care surgery in an outpatient clinic setting. For a diagnostic testicular biopsy, a scrotal incision of 2–3 cm could allow enough exposure of the tunica albuginea of the testis.
Why can't you biopsy a testicle?
Most types of cancer are diagnosed by removing a small piece of the tumor and looking at it under a microscope for cancer cells. This is known as a biopsy. But a biopsy is rarely done for a testicular tumor because it might risk spreading the cancer.
What if there is no sperm in testicular biopsy?
If no sperm are found in any biopsies then it can be concluded that sperm would not be found at an microscopic testicular extraction and thus, there is no further chance of the man having a biological child.
What are the disadvantages of testicular biopsy?
First, testicular biopsy can at times cause major damage to the testis and, second, it frequently fails to give the clinician any idea of the cause of a male patient's infertility.