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Retrievable self-expandable polymer-coated bulbar urethral stents (BUSs) were placed in 21 patients (group A), and thermo-expandable nickel-titanium alloy urethral stents were placed in 15 patients (group M). Each group was subdivided into those with and without transurethral resection (TUR) of fibrotic scar tissue. The urethral patency rates at 1 year after stent removal were compared between the groups. The patients in group A showed a higher urethral patency maintenance rate at 1 year after stent removal than those in group M (81.0% vs. 40.0%, log rank test p = 0.012). Analysis of subgroups in which TUR was performed due to severe fibrotic scar, showed that the patients in group A showed a significantly higher patency rate than patients in group M (90.9% vs. 44.4%, log rank test p = 0.028). 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