Male Fertility Treatment in Manhattan, Brooklyn and Staten Island
Male infertility is a common, generally treatable condition — and fixing it is crucial to starting a family.
According to the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, men contribute to a couple’s infertility in up to half of all cases. At Kofinas Fertility Group, we offer diagnosis and treatment options for men and women who are struggling with infertility.
The causes of male infertility aren’t always simple, but our specialists are dedicated to finding yours.
There are many potential causes of male infertility and treating them typically begins with carefully considering your medical history and asking questions about your attempts to get pregnant. There are numerous lifestyle factors that can reduce a man’s fertility. And for reasons beyond enhancing your fertility, we recommend that you limit your alcohol consumption and stop smoking and illicit drug use.
In addition to lifestyle factors, other reasons for infertility include:
- Genetic and chromosomal issues with the sperm
- Chronic disease, such as kidney failure
- Certain medications for arthritis, depression, digestive problems, high blood pressure or cancer
- Childhood disease (like mumps)
- Physical blockages that prevent sperm from exiting your testicles
- Swollen testicular veins called varicoceles
- Retrograde ejaculation, where semen enters the bladder instead of exiting the penis due to malfunctioning nerves and muscles during orgasm
Kofinas Fertility Group offers the comprehensive diagnostic expertise and technology you need to solve your infertility.
Uncovering the cause(s) of your infertility requires a careful, precise review of testing and symptoms. It is important that we perform a full assessment, even if the source of your infertility seems “obvious.” Discovering and treating one potential cause of fertility problems — such as a testicular blockage — may not be enough if another factor is also present. In addition to reviewing your lifestyle and medical history, we can perform the following diagnostic assessments ourselves or with our urology partners:
- Semen analysis – After you deliver a semen sample at any of our three locations, our laboratory specialists will examine your semen for sperm volume, count, concentration, movement (motility) and structure. Problems with any of these attributes could contribute to fertility problems.
- Ultrasound assessment – Using harmless sound waves, we can look for structural abnormalities along your reproductive tract, such as blockages or malformed seminal ducts.
- Biopsy – If other tests or symptoms suggest an issue lies with your testicular structure — such as the presence of a lump — then a biopsy will provide us with further information with which we can design a treatment plan.
- Hormone profile – Hormones are the messenger molecules that tell your testicles to create sperm. By checking for hormonal abnormalities through a simple blood test, we can move closer to determining the cause of your infertility — and then fixing it.
Offering personalized treatment plans for your fertility problems to help you take home a child.
Most of the time, our experts can determine the source of your infertility using the above tests. Then, depending on the results of your tests, we offer a number of therapies to improve your fertility and your chances of starting a family. Some of these include:
- Hormone therapy – If your body is deficient in producing a certain hormone, such as testosterone, we can supplement this to restore your body to normal levels.
- Antibiotics – Any infection in your genital tract can disrupt your fertility, and we can treat these problems with antibiotics.
- Urologic surgery – Physical blockages or abnormalities with your reproductive tract will likely require surgery. We have great relationships with some of the top urologists in New York City, with whom we’ll partner to help solve your infertility.
- Neurologic surgery – Sometimes a growth on your pituitary gland (in your brain) can disrupt its ability to signal hormone production. A neurosurgeon can often remove these growths using minimally invasive techniques (often through the nose), restoring normal hormone production.
For more information on how Kofinas Fertility Group specializes in male fertility treatment in the New York City communities of Manhattan, Brooklyn and Staten Island, or to schedule an appointment, call 718-340-3611. You can also request an appointment by filling out the form on this page.