Dr Roger Perkins
Male Fertility Specialist Perth
- Improving male fertility
- Fertility tests for men
- Micro TESE
- TESA
- Vasectomy reversal
Dr Roger Perkins | Male Fertility Specialist
Improving male fertility
When we embark on improving male fertility, we look at your general health and lifestyle, including your diet and your level of exercise. These are some of the aspects we may discuss together:
- Treating underlying conditions, such as high blood pressure, and diabetes
- Avoiding certain drugs and medications which may impair sperm production
- Improving low hormone levels
- Avoidance of smoking
- Reducing alcohol intake
- Wearing loose-fitting underwear and avoiding hot baths and saunas in order to reduce testicular temperature
- Minimising exposure to environmental chemicals
- A diet rich in nutrients including antioxidants. Including more fruit and vegetables in the diet
- Regular exercise
- Managing stress
- Advice about frequency and timing of sex
Sometimes I advise surgical correction of conditions. Examples include treatment of undescended testes and varicocele.
Dr Roger Perkins | Male Fertility Tests
Fertility tests for men in order to determine if there is a male factor causing infertility
A physical examination may yield unsuspected problems such as a varicocele or undescended testis which may need treatment. Absent vas deferens from birth is also relatively common. Fertility testing in the Clinic also involves highly specialised evaluation of the sperm. This includes:
- Ejaculate volume. There are some important conditions which affect volume
- Numbers of sperm
- Movement of sperm (and importantly the rapid, forward motion of the sperm)
- The shapes of the sperm
- Sperm Chromatin Structure Assay test. This looks at the percentage of sperm showing fragmented DNA and helps to predict which men are less likely to achieve a healthy pregnancy either naturally or with IVF
- Testing for the presence of anti-sperm antibodies
- Blood tests to check for hormonal derangement and chromosomal disorders; Sometimes specialised genetic tests are undertaken
Dr Roger Perkins | Male Fertility Procedures
Micro TESE
Dr Roger Perkins | Male Fertility Procedures
TESA
Dr Roger Perkins | Male Fertility Procedures
Vasectomy reversal
Dr Roger Perkins | Perth Infertility Specialist
Male fertility specialist
As a fertility specialist with a particular interest in male infertility, and my extensive microsurgery experience with vasectomy reversal and sperm extraction techniques, I can help where other specialists might have given up on your dreams to conceive.
I see it as my mission to work with both men and the women, to assist you with the fertility journey. I know that the conditions which affect fertility in a man or a woman, are often very different. And this is exactly why individualised care, with attention to your personal situation, is essential.
As part of my own professional journey, I have undertaken further training in Andrology. It has enabled me to treat conditions unique to male fertility. In the context of fertility issues, it is important to look at the male partner and to choose the most appropriate treatment. I pride myself in being one of Perth’s only fertility specialists with the skills, qualifications and experience to undertake these procedures.
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IVF
Highly specialised male fertility procedures
"My aim is to make you feel comfortable at all times. My consultation style is unrushed and I respect your schedule by minimising waiting times. You are a unique person and I make it my goal to truly get to know you."