The 2017 Texas Monthly Super Doctor Panel Selects Dr. Kavoussi

For the 7th consecutive year, Dr. Kavoussi is named as a Texas Monthly Magazine Super Doctor. This select group of doctors are chosen based on peer recognition, professional achievement, and disciplinary history. Physicians from different specialties with the highest scores from each group are asked …

The durability of robot assisted vasectomy reversal

Many men undergoing vasectomy reversal do so for not only the goal of being able to achieve a pregnancy spontaneously with intercourse, but to potential be able to do so for more than one child. For that reason, vasectomy reversals are performed in a manner …

Dr. Kavoussi publishes study on treatment of chronic testicular pain

Chronic testicular pain, also known as orchialgia, is one of the most common complaints seen in urologists office and has traditionally been considered a very difficult diagnostic and therapeutic challenge for the clinician. First line management of chronic orchialgia is conservative treatment; however, in men …

Will semen volume decrease after a vasectomy?

A very commonly asked question after vasectomy is will semen volume drop, or will the vasectomy impact ejaculatory function? Men do not notice a drop in semen volume when they ejaculate after vasectomy either because only 2 percent of the volume comes from the sperm …

What happens to sperm after a vasectomy?

This is a commonly thought of question among men considering vasectomy. When a vasectomy is performed, the millions of sperm cells made every day in the testicles continue to be produced. Where do they go? What happens to them? Even in men who have not …

Vasectomy Myths Debunked

Historically many men and many scientific investigators had concerns about the impact of vasectomy on a man’s overall health, sexual health, and hormonal status.  These were classically reasons that made men very weary of undergoing vasectomy.  The good news is that based on the best …