PURPOSE OF REVIEW

To explore and report the recent evolution of transurethral management of urethral stricture disease.

RECENT FINDINGS

In recent years, new promising techniques in the transurethral management of urethral stricture disease have emerged including adjuvant therapies to direct vision internal urethrotomy, regenerative therapy with buccal mucosa cells and minimally invasive transurethral urethroplasty procedures that avoid skin incisions.

SUMMARY

Although further work is needed, the expanding field of transurethral therapies for urethral stricture disease demonstrates early promising results through a variety of modalities.