Urethroplasty Practice and Surveillance Patterns: A Survey of Reconstructive Urologists

There is no consensus regarding follow-up practices after urethroplasty. Most experts define urethroplasty failure as “need for a secondary procedure,” do not follow-up patients for a long-term, and do not use validated questionnaires. A standardized definition for stricture recurrence and a standardized follow-up protocol are desperately needed to allow for effective comparison of results between studies.