TL;DR: A systematic review of the literature using the Pubmed, Embase, and Cochrane databases was conducted to identify peer-reviewed publications relevant to the diagnosis and treatment of urethral stricture as discussed by the authors.
TL;DR: Buccal mucosa grafts used as a ventral onlay for bulbar urethral reconstruction yield reproducibly excellent results with minimal morbidity and low complication rates.
TL;DR: Anastomotic urethroplasty offers excellent long-term results to patients with posterior urethral trauma and stricture disease even after multiple prior procedures.
TL;DR: The overall success of the progressive 1-stage perineal anastomotic repair of pelvic fracture urethral distraction defect continues to be excellent with the majority of failures occurring in prepubescent boys and secondary repairs.
TL;DR: Urethral reconstructability is proportional to the length and elasticity of the distal urethral segment and defects up to 5 cm may be successfully excised and primarily reconstructed in select young men with proximal bulbar strictures.