I am 36 yrs old male from Canada with a long history of urethral
strictures. My urethra was initially damaged with a catheter when I was
11yrs
old.

After that I went through long history of dilatations, urethrotomies
but
without any success. In December 1992 urethroplasty was done in London,
England
and was good for only few weeks. Two months later in February 1993,
wall stent
was inserted inside my bulbar urethra and I finally got some relief.

Few months ago I started again with hematuria and yesterday I got an
X-ray.
Wall stent is doing fine and it positioned bellowed the sphincter. The
problem
is that there is ingrowth of connective tissue inside the stent which
is
causing a stricture. Urethra outside of the stent is looking fine. The
stricture is 1.5cm long.

What should I do next: new resection or new stent bellow the existing
one or
something else?

I truly appreciate your effort.