Urethral stricture

Urethral stricture care at Mayo Clinic

Your Mayo Clinic care team

Urologists at Mayo Clinic provide expert care for people of all ages who have urinary tract problems. You move quickly from diagnosis to recovery, often within a few days of your first visit.

Doctors at Mayo Clinic provide full care. Your doctor takes the time to get to know you and works with you to provide exactly the care you need.

Advanced diagnosis and treatment

Corrective treatment at Mayo Clinic is necessary only if your stricture causes problems. If you do undergo treatment, you'll need frequent follow-up exams for at least a year to ensure the stricture doesn't recur and that you remain free of infection.

Expertise and rankings

Experience

Highly skilled urologists at Mayo Clinic have vast experience in performing both minimally invasive and reconstructive surgical techniques to treat urethral stricture disease.

Urethral stricture expertise

Mayo Clinic urologists and their teams are highly trained, often with additional specialty training to deal with complex urethral reconstructive procedures. Mayo Clinic doctors treat more than 1,400 people with urethral strictures each year.

Nationally recognized expertise

Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, ranks among the best hospitals for urology in the U.S. News & World Report Best Hospitals rankings. Mayo Clinic reproductive endocrinologists and male fertility experts are fellowship trained and are leaders in their field. They will directly work with you to improve your chances for fertility and successful conception — whether by medication, surgery, in vitro fertilization (IVF) or another method.

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Locations, travel and lodging

Mayo Clinic has major campuses in Phoenix and Scottsdale, Arizona; Jacksonville, Florida; and Rochester, Minnesota. The Mayo Clinic Health System has dozens of locations in several states.

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Costs and insurance

Mayo Clinic works with hundreds of insurance companies and is an in-network provider for millions of people.

In most cases, Mayo Clinic doesn't require a physician referral. Some insurers require referrals or may have additional requirements for certain medical care. All appointments are prioritized on the basis of medical need.

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