Construction of a Clinical Urethral Stricture Database for a Prospective Longitudinal Cohort Study

What this Trial Is About

Researchers are creating a clinical database to study patients who have urethral strictures and undergo various types of urethral surgeries. The study aims to collect detailed information before, during, and after surgery, including follow-up data from questionnaires. The goal is to determine the success rates of these surgeries over short, medium, and long terms and to identify risk factors that may lead to surgical failure or stricture recurrence. Additionally, the study will assess quality of life changes before and after surgery to compare different surgical techniques. The study is observational and non-interventional, collecting data from patients who undergo procedures such as internal urethrotomy, end-to-end anastomosis, urethral plastic surgeries using grafts, hypospadias corrections, Boutonniere procedures, and self-bougienage. Patient-reported outcomes and clinical data are gathered through questionnaires at set intervals starting from 3 months after surgery, continuing at 6 and 12 months, and then annually up to 10 years. Participants will provide information via questionnaires on surgery success, complications, sexual function, and overall health status at multiple follow-up points. These data will help researchers analyze and improve surgical techniques and personalize patient counseling based on factors like age and sexual activity. The total follow-up period can last up to 10 years to monitor long-term outcomes comprehensively.

Urethral Stricture Database