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General Info: Dr. Shaw is proud to introduce his patients to the Austin Urology Institute. We offer the full suite of services for prostate cancer, kidney cancer, bladder cancer, vasectomy clinics, kidney stones, enlarged prostate (BPH), urinary tract infection, overactive bladder, urinary incontinence, pelvic prolapse, and more.If surgery is ever required, Dr. Shaw also focuses on maximum results with minimum incisions. da Vinci robotic prostatectomy, laser prostate procedures, laparoscopic kidney and laparoscopic prostate surgery, laser kidney stone removal, shockwave lithotripsy, da Vinci robotic bladder surgery, and laparoscopic kidney transplant services are all offered.Proud to serve the Urology needs of Austin, Round Rock, Georgetown, Cedar Park, Steiner Ranch, Leander, Lakeway, Hutto, Buda and Bastrop.
Services/Products: Procedures & Treatments Offered Include: VasectomyDa Vinci Robotic ProstatectomyKidney Cancer TreatmentsProstate Cancer TreatmentsBladder Cancer TreatmentsBPH Enlarged Prostate TreatmentsInfertilityIncontinence
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Location: Heading North exit Parmer Lane, stay on frontage road of North Mopac Take right into "Plaza North/Texas Med Clinic" Complex
Associations: Patient's Choice Award Winner 2010, 2011
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Phone: (512) 694-8888

Address: 12319 N. Mopac, Ste. 200, Austin, TX 78758

Website: Austin Urology Institute

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Osteoporosis
Arthritis
Fibromyalgia
By definition, the cause of OAB is unknown. However, identifiable underlying causes can include: drug side effects, nerve damage or neurological disease (e.g., multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease, etc.) or stroke. There are also conditions that are associated with urgency and frequency – including bladder cancer, urinary tract infections and benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) – that must be excluded during an examination. Some experts believe that some individuals are predisposed to OAB. Circumstantial evidence suggests that individuals with depression, anxiety, and attention deficit disorder may experience symptoms of OAB more often than the general population. Some investigators suggest that depression, anxiety, feeding disturbances, pain, irritable bowel syndrome, fibromyalgia and changes in urination are associated with disturbances in brain circuits using specific chemical messengers between nerves known as neurotransmitters, in particular, serotonin 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT). Fibromyalgia and irritable bowel syndrome are conditions seen more often in patients with OAB and interstitial cystitis (IC) than the general population. These conditions are associated with an overactive bladder and possibly with depression, which provides a potential link with 5-HT metabolism and OAB.
Cryotherapy
Tumor ablation: Tumor ablation destroys the tumor without surgically removing it. Examples of ablative technologies include cryotherapy, interstitial radiofrequency ablation, high-intensity focused ultrasound, microwave thermotherapy and laser coagulation. Ablation can be accomplished during open surgery, laparoscopy, retroperitoneoscopy or percutaneously (through the skin). Since renal tumor ablation is a relatively new procedure, long-term results are not as well defined, and tumor recurrences appear to be somewhat more common than after surgical excision. However, ablation may be less invasive than nephrectomy and may be useful in patients who cannot tolerate a more extensive surgery. Tumor ablation may also permit a better chance of preserving kidney function in situations when multiple tumors are present. In general, tumor ablation is best reserved for older or somewhat frail patients.
Medical Weight Loss
Diet – Certain foods, drinks, and dietary habits can cause or worsen your OAB symptoms. Decrease or moderate the amount of caffeine, acidic foods, alcohol, artificial sweeteners, energy drinks. Reducing smoking and weight loss are other habits that help relieve symptoms long-term.
Primary Care
Sleep – Lack of sleep is most important when it comes to decreased energy, but can also be responsible for erectile function. You should be getting about 8 hours of uninterrupted sleep per night. If you have sleep apnea or snore at night, we recommend getting a sleep study done. Other ways to improve sleep include melatonin (over the counter), or prescription sleep medications. You can talk to your primary care doctor about further options as well.
Smoking Cessation
Diet: Certain foods, drinks or dietary habits can make incontinence worse. Try to minimize the amount of acidic foods, alcohol, caffeine, energy drinks and artificial sweeteners in your diet. Weight loss and smoking cessation can also alleviate symptoms.
Sleep Disorders
We perform a thorough evaluation on each patient that exhibits symptoms of low testosterone. Since symptoms can be caused by other medical conditions, this comprehensive lab panel covers for other reasons you may be experiencing low libido, fatigue, and erectile dysfunction. Screening includes low testosterone, low thyroid hormones, increased estradiol, diabetes, high cholesterol, low B 12 levels, and anemia. These labs are done with a blood test. Sleep disorders, such as sleep apnea are also evaluated. If during your history, you indicate to us that sleeping well is a problem, we may send you to get a sleep study done, as this could be a contributing source of fatigue.
Male Infertility
Some men diagnosed with a varicocele have no symptoms, but varicoceles are important for several reasons. Varicoceles are thought to cause infertility and testicular atrophy (shrinkage). Approximately 40 percent of cases of primary male infertility and 80 percent of cases of secondary male infertility are believed to be due to varicoceles. Varicoceles rarely cause pain. When pain is present, it can vary from a dull, heavy discomfort to a sharp pain. The associated symptoms may increase with sitting, standing or physical exertion – particularly if any one of these activities occurs over long periods of time. Symptoms often progress over the course of the day, and they are typically relieved when the patient lies on his back, allowing improved drainage of the veins of the pampiniform plexus.
High Cholesterol
Emergency Care
These are minor issues that will resolve in one-two days. If you experience fever (greater than 101.4 F), chills, nausea, or vomiting, immediately call our office or go to the emergency room.
Constipation
Erectile Dysfunction
Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Electrocardiogram
Dr. Koushik Shaw teams up with Dr. George Shashoua, a well respected Austin Uro-Gynecologist, to provide the ONLY Austin and Central Texas team to work under one roof to provide the best of two specialties to achieve optimum results, including precision urodynamic testing (like an EKG for your bladder!) Over the last decade, I have had the opportunity to help many women with this condition. Overactive bladder can affect a woman in several ways. This can include discomfort with intercourse, general pelvic discomfort that worsens with exercise or as the day wears on, embarrassing social leakage, and weight gain due to exercise avoidance to mention a few. Dr. Shaw and the team are happy to sit down with you and better understand your symptoms, perform an exam to precisely understand your unique situation and arrive at a precise treatment plan to wellness.
Urinary Incontinence
Urinary incontinence is a common condition, impacting millions of people around the world. Any unintentional loss of bladder control, whether an occasional leak or total loss of urine, is considered urinary incontinence. Treatment options depend on the type and severity of your specific condition.
Diarrhea

Female Infertility
This is an oral medication, typically used to treat male and female infertility by increasing hormones in the pituitary gland that drive testosterone and sperm production. This may be used for patients who want to maintain fertility. Exogenous testosterone supplementation (creams, injections, etc.) can affect your testicles’ own production of testosterone, and thereby compromise sperm production and fertility. Clomid is an oral pill daily every morning. We typically do a 3 month trial followed by a repeat testosterone lab to evaluate how you are doing on the medication. It is also used to increase sperm counts in those undergoing fertility treatment.
Pelvic Pain
Prostatitis refers to infection or inflammation of the prostate. It can be bacterial or non-bacterial. Nonbacterial prostatitis and prostate inflammation are the more common types of prostatitis. The exact cause of these non-bacterial prostatitis conditions is not known, but may be due to persistent infection, inflammation and/or pelvic muscle spasm. This also referred to as chronic pelvic pain syndrome. Bacterial prostatitis is a less common type of prostatitis and is always caused by bacterial infection. These conditions can affect any age group, but are most common in young and middle-aged men.
Pregnancy
Weakened pelvic floor muscles: Pelvic floor muscles support the bladder and the urethra, and when they become weak it’s harder to effectively hold in urine. Women often experience a weakened pelvic floor due to pregnancy and childbirth. Hormonal changes during menopause can also cause the tissue in your pelvic floor to thin and weaken.
Labor and Delivery
Risk factors related to OAB happen around the childbearing ages, when the process of pregnancy and a vaginal delivery can affect bladder control. However, this problem usually goes away in the majority of patients with OAB during pregnancy or immediately after childbirth. The next series of events in life affecting OAB are around the time of menopause for women, and enlargement of the prostate in the fifth and sixth decades of life in men. Enlargement of the prostate gland occurs in the majority of the men living in the western society and may affect bladder function. Menopause can also affect bladder function. The other independent event affecting bladder function is aging and the changes that occur within the tissues of the lower urinary tract and the bladder itself. Given that the above risk factors could affect almost everyone living in the society, it is estimated that up to 50 percent of women and 30 percent of men will have bladder control problems during their lifetime.

Bladder Cancer
Bladder cancer is the sixth most common cancer in the United States. About 65,000 Americans are diagnosed with bladder cancer each year. Early diagnosis and treatment can often lead to successful cure or management of bladder cancer.
Urology
Enlarged prostate is extremely common among men as they age. As the normally walnut-sized organ grows, it begins to obstruct the bladder. This causes symptoms that are at best a nuisance and at worst can lead to medical emergency. At Austin Urology Institute we have an unrivaled suite of solutions to deal with prostates of all sizes.
Kidney Cancer
It is important to realize that with timely diagnosis and treatment, kidney cancer can be cured. If found early, the survival rate for patients with kidney cancer ranges from 79 to 100 percent. More than 100,000 survivors of kidney cancer are alive in the United States today.
Kidney Stones
Kidney and ureteral stones are among the most painful and prevalent of urologic disorders. More than a million kidney stone cases are diagnosed each year, with an estimated 10 percent of Americans destined to suffer at some point in their lives. This number is unfortunately rising secondary to the dietary and climate changes in our population.
Testicular Cancer
Abnormalities within the male reproductive tract may present as a scrotal mass. Masses may have little or no health significance or may represent life-threatening illnesses. Therefore, it is necessary to follow a set course of action to determine the nature of the masse and the most appropriate treatment. For example, testicular cancer which can present as a scrotal mass, is a source of great concern and uniformly requires prompt intervention. Other masses, such as varicoceles, may be benign or cause testicular growth retardation in adolescent boys or impair fertility in adults. Thus, it is important for a patient to seek prompt medical attention when he identifies a scrotal mass or any lump or bump while performing a testicular self examination. The following information will assist you when talking to Dr. Shaw about varicoceles.
Endoscopy
One of the first steps toward diagnosing OAB is to keep a urination diary. Documenting symptoms – including urgency – can help your urologist make the proper diagnosis.A urinalysis (UA) must be performed to rule out infection and to look for glucose (sugar), blood, white cells or difficulty concentrating the urine (specific gravity). After urination, residual urine is also checked using an ultrasound or catheterization. In some patients, a urine cytology or endoscopy (cystoscopy) of the bladder is warranted. It is sometimes useful to perform bladder pressure testing using cystometry (CMG) to document bladder (detrusor) overactivity during filling and exclude obstruction. Imaging of the urinary tract with cystogram, computerized tomography (CT) scan or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is rarely needed.
Interstitial Cystitis
Urinary Tract Infection
Approximately 40 percent of women and 12 percent of men will experience at least one symptomatic urinary tract infection (UTI) during their lifetime. Evaluation and treatment of UTIs may be slightly different for men and women; however our goal is committed to helping you understand, prevent, and reduce the frequency of UTIs.
Prostate Cancer
Prostate cancer is the second-leading cause of cancer deaths among men in the United States. Yet, when detected in its early stages, prostate cancer can be effectively treated and cured.
Cancer Care

Multiple Sclerosis
Anejaculation: A relatively uncommon disorder, anejaculation — or the absence of any semen — can occur as a result of spinal cord injury, previous surgery, diabetes, or multiple sclerosis. It may also be caused by abnormalities present at birth as well as other mental, emotional or unknown problems. Medical therapy with drugs is usually the first line of treatment, but if that fails, the next step is either rectal probe electroejaculation (RPE) or penile vibratory stimulation (PVS). PVS consists of rhythmic vibratory stimulation of the tip and shaft of the penis to encourage a natural climax. While relatively non-invasive, it is less successful than RPE, particularly in severe cases. RPE, except in the spinal cord injured patient, is usually performed under anesthesia and retrieves sperm in 90 percent of patients. While cell density with this procedure is excellent, sperm movement and shape are still limiting fertility factors. Assisted reproductive techniques, such as in vitro fertilization (IVF) and intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI), have become increasingly important to patients with anejaculation.

Depression
Anxiety

Endocrinologist

Diabetes Care
Thyroid

Ultrasound
High Intensity Focused Ultrasound is performed under general anesthesia. After sedation, an ultrasound probe is placed into the rectum and the prostate is imaged. The urologist will map an outline of the prostate using ultrasound imaging to determine the areas of the prostate to be treated. The ultrasound probe is then used to focus high-intensity sound waves toward particular areas of the prostate determined to be cancerous. When treatment starts, 400 to 600 pulses of high intensity ultrasound are then administered to the prostate. This process is repeated, over the whole area of that prostatic tumor, until all of the cancerous tissue has been destroyed. On average, a patient will be in surgery between 2-4 hours.
MRI
If you are found to be a good surgical candidate, we will reserve you a surgical date, typically performed on Tuesdays. We will have you fly or drive into Austin on a Friday before your surgery for an in-person visit, as well as coordinating MRI imaging studies if needed, which will assist us with intraoperative mapping of the prostate to optimize nerve sparing for preservation of continence, potency, and optimizing a cancer-free outcome.
Radiology
Percutaneous embolization: This non-surgical approach is aimed at occluding the varicocele after it is viewed with a specialized X-ray technique. The procedure itself uses a flexible tube inserted into the groin to place a blocking agent that helps obstruct the center of the vessel. This minimally invasive technique is often less painful than surgery, but it requires a physician with experience in interventional radiologic techniques. As such, it is performed in the radiology department. There is no evidence to suggest that any approach is the best for correcting varicoceles. While surgery removes more than 90 percent of the swollen vein, percutaneous embolization gets rid of 80 to 85 percent. After repair, about 60 percent of men show improved sperm counts and/or motility. The effects of either treatment on fertility, however, are much less clear. While some studies show improvement, others suggest no significant change. Regardless, many infertile couples still choose varicocele repair because it improves semen in many men and may improve fertility, both at little risk. If your semen lacks sperm (azoospermia) as a result of blockage: there are several surgical treatment options at your disposal...
X-Rays
Computed Tomography
CT scan – Because blood in the urine can come from anywhere in the urinary tract, we typically order radiological imaging of the kidneys, ureter and bladder to check for problems in these organs.
Chemotherapy
Subsequent treatment will depend on the tumor, since testicular cancers are categorized by their cell type, which determines both how they behave biologically and respond therapeutically. The most common cell type is seminoma, a tumor responsive to both radiation and chemotherapy. Radiation is commonly utilized for treating low stage seminomas.
Radiation Therapy
These risk factors can slowly destroy nerves and blood vessels in the penis over time. These blood vessels and nerves are critical for erectile function. Abnormally low levels of testosterone may also cause ED, along with lack of exercise, poor diet, and a sedentary lifestyle (in which one is not physically active). Patients undergoing surgery or radiation therapy for cancer of the prostate, bladder, colon or rectum are at high risk for the development of ED.

Wound Care
You may now start showering the day of your discharge. The catheter collection bag may be removed during showering. Gently pull the colored catheter straight off of the clear plastic tubing from the bag and allow urine to run into the shower. After showering, gently pad the suture sites (do not rub or otherwise irritate them) with a towel.
Minimally Invasive Surgery
Dr. Koushik Shaw has been performing advanced robotic surgeries on the kidney, bladder, and prostate at the Austin Urology Institute since 2004. Our advanced skillset, along with our renowned five-star patient care, has helped hundreds of patients. All with the latest technology, care and minimally invasive surgery.
Vasectomy
When it comes time to get a vasectomy in Austin or the surrounding area, the hard work is behind you. Our process is quick, easy, practically painless, and permanent. We have done this thousands of times, our facilities across the Austin area are comfortable and fully-equipped, and our staff is here to guide you through every step.
Robotic Surgery
As a premier Austin urologist, doctors Koushik Shaw can diagnose and treat the full range of urological conditions below. You can also learn more about our preventative men’s wellness services and advanced robotic surgery.
Laparoscopy
Reconstructive Surgery
All of the treatments above, with the exception of prosthetic reconstructive surgery, are temporary and meant for use on demand. The treatments compensate for but do not correct the underlying problem in the penis. So it is important to follow-up with your doctor and report on the success of the therapy. If your goals are not reached, if your erection is not of sufficient quality or duration and you are still distressed, you should explore the alternatives with your doctor. Because the medications used are not correcting the problems leading to ED, your response over time may not be what it once was. If such should occur again, have a repeat discussion with your physician about the remaining treatment options.

Plastic Surgeons

Botox
Bladder Botox: Yep, Botox can also help an overactive bladder! It works by relaxing the bladder muscles, reducing frequency, urgency and leakage.
Laparoscopic Surgery
Nephrectomy followed by immunotherapy or anti-angiogenic therapies: In patients with metastases, the best chance of survival is achieved by removing the affected kidney before administering immunotherapy or targeted agents. The kidney may be removed by open or laparoscopic surgery. This treatment option is only offered when the patient is a candidate for both nephrectomy and systemic therapy. Therefore, patients should not undergo any treatment until they have been evaluated by both an oncologist who specializes in immunotherapy and a urologic surgeon. Treatment should only be initiated after the surgeon and oncologist agree that the patient is a candidate for both nephrectomy and systemic therapy. Patients must be relatively healthy and the burden of disease must be somewhat limited.

Cyst
Lesions
No. These are usually benign lesions of the pituitary gland. If the tumor is large enough, you should consult a neurosurgeon to possibly remove the growth. Removal is usually performed through the nasal passages.
Rashes

Physical Therapists

Physical Therapy
Leakage of urine is a very common and expected effect of surgery. With pelvic floor physical therapy, this significantly improves within two-three months, and most patients are completely continent (can hold their urine) by six months.
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