Editing AUA: Urethral Stricture Disease (2023) (section)

==Risk Factors==
*'''<span style="color:#0000ff">Trauma History Increases Loo Time (5):</span>'''
#'''<span style="color:#0000ff">T</span><span style="color:#ff0000">rauma</span>'''
#'''<span style="color:#0000ff">H</span><span style="color:#ff0000">ypospadias surgery</span>'''
#'''<span style="color:#0000ff">I</span><span style="color:#ff0000">nstrumentation or urethral catheterization</span>'''
#'''<span style="color:#0000ff">L</span><span style="color:#ff0000">ichen sclerosus (LS)</span>, see [https://test.urologyschool.com/index.php/Penis_and_Urethra_Surgery#Lichen_sclerosis_(LS) Penis and Urethra Surgery Chapter Notes]'''
#'''<span style="color:#0000ff">T</span><span style="color:#ff0000">ransurethral surgery</span>'''
*'''<span style="color:#ff0000">Most common cause depends on country income level</span>'''
**'''<span style="color:#ff0000">In high-income countries: idiopathic (41%) followed by iatrogenic (35%),</span>''' with transurethral surgery as the most common iatrogenic cause.
**'''<span style="color:#ff0000">In low- and middle-income countries: trauma</span>''' (36%), from

*'''<span style="color:#ff0000">Most common location of stricture in males is bulbar urethra</span>'''
**'''Traumatic strictures and stenoses tend to be located in the bulbar and posterior urethra'''
**'''Strictures related to hypospadias, lichen sclerosis, or iatrogenic are generally located in the penile urethra'''