Management of urethral stent failure for recurrent anterior urethral strictures.

Background: Urethral stent placement for recurrent anterior urethral strictures may cause restenosis and complications.

Objective: To describe our experience with patients who had restenoses and complications following urethral stent placement for the treatment of recurrent anterior urethral strictures.

Design, Setting, And Participants: We evaluated retrospectively the records of 13 men with anterior urethral stricture who experienced restenosis and complications after stent insertion.

Combined dorsal plus ventral double buccal mucosa graft in bulbar urethral reconstruction.

Objectives: We describe a technique for bulbar urethral reconstruction using a combined dorsal plus ventral double buccal mucosa graft (BMG).

Methods: From March 2002 to June 2006, 48 men, mean age 35 yr, with bulbar strictures underwent patch urethroplasty using a dorsal plus a ventral double BMG. Average stricture length was 3.