Editing AUA: Male Urethral Stricture (2016) (section)

==Post-operative follow-up==
*'''Following dilation, DVIU or urethroplasty for urethral stricture, patients should be monitored to identify symptomatic recurrence'''
**'''Successful treatment for urethral stricture (endoscopic or surgical) is most commonly defined as no further need for surgical intervention or instrumentation.'''
**Consider more frequent follow-up intervals in '''males at an increased risk for stricture recurrence (7):'''
**#'''Prior failed treatment (multiple endoscopic procedures or previous urethroplasty)'''
**#'''Long stricture'''
**#'''Repair involving a flap or graft'''
**#'''LS-related stricture'''
**#'''Hypospadias-related stricture'''
**#'''Smoking''' (tobacco use)
**#'''Diabetes'''
*Although stents are not currently recommended for the treatment of urethral stricture, patients treated with a urethral stent after dilation or internal urethrotomy should be monitored for recurrent stricture and complications as these can occur at any time point after stent placement. Patients with completely obstructed stents may require open urethroplasty and removal of the stent. '''Stents do not need to be prophylactically removed and should be followed conservatively unless associated with significant urethral or voiding symptoms.'''