title: Complications of vasectomies.
abstract: Impotence is a rare psychologic complication. While scrotal ecchymoses and swelling are common, pain is not. Wound infections are not uncommon but abscesses are. Vasitis, epididymitis or orchitis is unusual. Sperm granuloma can initiate recanalization. The implications of sperm agglutinating antibody formation are not yet clear. Pregnancy is a "complication." The patient should be considered relatively fertile for at least four months postoperatively.
mesh_terms: D000038:Abscess / Q000209:etiology; D004823:Epididymitis / Q000209:etiology; D007172:Erectile Dysfunction / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D005832:Genital Diseases, Male / Q000209:etiology; D006406:Hematoma / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011247:Pregnancy; D012611:Scrotum; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection; D014659:Vasectomy / Q000009:adverse effects*