BACKGROUND Several authors have demonstrated regional and temporal changes in the demographics of urethral stricture and its management. OBJECTIVES To assess the changes in the demographics of the patients and the evolution of the management of urethral stricture in this institution. SUBJECTS AND METHODS This is a retrospective study. The files of all the men who were diagnosed with urethra...

The present study nicely presents the authors’ experience in carrying out two different variations on repair of long anterior urethral strictures, a condition that can be difficult to treat. The prospective, randomized design confers credibility to their outcomes. They randomized a reasonable number of patients, and followed their patients for at least a year. Based on the welldefined success r...

The study was conducted to find out if intermittent self dilatation (ISD) is still a viable option for treatment of urethral strictures in patients who had undergone either urethral dilatation or urethrotomy prior to ISD. The study included 310 male patients with the age range from 17 to 93 years old from January 1996 to March 2007. The data was gathered from the computer data base kept by the ...

BACKGROUND: The progress made in reconstructive urethral surgery over the past 20 years has shown effectiveness of one-stage repair anterior strictures. Nevertheless, multi-stage urethroplasty retains its primary role treatment patients with most complex narrowing and obliterations.
 AIM: To evaluate immediate long-term surgical results for penile bulbar strictures.
 MATERIALS AND MET...

BACKGROUND Repair of penile urethral strictures is a challenging problem for which different techniques have been suggested. OBJECTIVE To describe a new surgical technique for one-stage penile urethroplasty using an oral graft and glue, and to assess its safety and efficacy. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS A retrospective review of medical records for patients who underwent one-stage peni...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the long-term results of repairing long anterior urethral strictures with lingual mucosa onlay grafts. PATIENTS AND METHODS This study included 23 patients (mean age 36.3 years, range 21-62) who had a lingual mucosa onlay graft for managing a long anterior urethral stricture, and who were followed up for ⩾5 years. The mean length of the stricture was 4.6 cm. The Internat...

Multiple tissue sources have been used for urethral reconstruction in adults. Patients with lichen sclerosis (LS), long segment strictures, or prior oral graft use have less available tissue for urethroplasty. We describe a technique for the use of a full-thickness skin graft of hairless abdominal skin for long segment urethroplasty.

OBJECTIVE To determine national practice patterns in the management of male urethral strictures among Italian urologists. METHODS We conducted a survey using a nonvalidated questionnaire mailed to 700 randomly selected Italian urologists. Data were registered into a database and extensively evaluated. Analysis was performed using SAS statistical software (version 9.2). Statistical significanc...