New modality for treatment of resistant anastomotic strictures after radical prostatectomy: UroLume urethral stent.

A new approach for the treatment of vesicourethral anastomotic stricture after radical retropubic prostatectomy is presented. The patient had failed treatment with bougies, balloon dilation, and cold-knife incision of the anastomotic area. Transurethral resection of the bladder neck resulted in a rapid recurrence of the stricture. He was successfully treated with insertion of a UroLume urethral stent. After 18 months of follow-up, the patient is symptom free.