VeSpAR: Comparing Vessel-Sparing Anastomotic Repair and Transecting Anastomotic Repair in Isolated Short Bulbar Strictures.

Inclusion Criteria: * Voluntary signed written informed consent (according to the rules of Good Clinical Practice and national regulations) * Male * Age \>= 18 years * Fit for operation, based on the surgeon's expert opinion * Isolated short (=\< 3cm) bulbar urethral stricture confirmed by preoperative retrograde urethrography (RUG), voiding cysto-urethrography (VCUG), cystoscopy, ultrasonography or a combination of investigations * Unique urethral stricture * Urethral stricture =\< 3 cm * Urethral stricture at the bulbar segment * Patient declares that it will be possible for him to attend the follow-up consultation Exclusion Criteria: * Absence of signed written informed consent * Age \<18 years * Female patients * Transgender patients * Patients unfit for operation * Concomitant urethral strictures at other urethral locations (penile urethra, membranous urethra, prostatic urethra, bladder neck) * Urethral strictures exceeding 3 cm * A unique urethral stricture at other urethral locations (penile urethra, membranous urethra, prostatic urethra, bladder neck) * Lichen Sclerosus related strictures * Strictures after failed hypospadias repair * Patients with neurogenic bladder * Shift of technique to augmented urethroplasty due to any circumstance * History of pelvic radiation therapy * Active treatment to enhance erectile function (such as PDE5-inhibitors and intracavernous injections) at the moment of prescreening for inclusion in this trial * Any condition or situation, w…