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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Urol Clin North Am. 2014 May;41(2):299–313. doi: 10.1016/j.ucl.2014.01.011

Table 2.

Incidence of prostate biopsy complications

Complication Incidence
Hematuria 23–84%
Rectal bleeding 17–45%
Hematospermia 12–93%
Urinary tract infection 2–6%
Bacteremia 0.1–2.2%
Hospitalization 0.6–4.1%
Erectile dysfunction 2.2%
Urinary retention 1–7%
Vasovagal response 1.4–5.3%

Data from Refs 5,78–80,95,96,98,112,117,118,120–122.