A testicular biopsy involves a small surgical procedure performed under local anesthesia on an outpatient basis. The whole process takes approximately 15 minutes. A small incision is made in order to obtain a sample of testicular tissue.

This sample will be used to carry out the following procedures:

• Histopathology examinations: comprehensive assessment of the sperm production in the testicles.
• Meiosis study: detection of chromosomal abnormalities during the spermatozoa development.
• In azoospermia detection of spermatozoa in the testicles and possibility of freezing it to us it in an IVF-ICSI cycle.

Testicular biopsies are particularly recommended in azoospermia, oligozoospermia (<10 million of spermatozoa), severe low sperm count with high risk of chromosomally abnormal spermatozoa, recurrent miscarriage, unexplained infertility or after repeated failed fertility treatments (even if the sperm analysis is normal).

Detall del teixit testicular

Petita intervenció quirúrgica d'aproximadament 15 minuts