Histopathologic and clinical comparison of recurrent and non-recurrent urethral stricture disease treated by reconstructive surgery

Urethral stricture is a relatively frequent problem often requiring multiple surgical interventions. The objective of this study was to compare the clinicopathologic features of urethral resections from patients who underwent open end-to-end anastomotic urethroplasty and later recurred compared to those who did not.A retrospective review of the pathology files identified 36 consecutive patients who underwent urethroplasty. The histopathological...