2012-07-01T00:00:00Z, TEPELER, Abdulkadir, ARMAGAN, Abdullah, AKMAN, Tolga, POLAT, Emre Can, Ersoz, CEVPER, TOPAKTAS, Ramazan, ERDEM, Mehmet Remzi, ONOL, Sinasi Yavuz, ERSÖZ, CEVPER

Background and Purpose: Percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) is regarded as the gold standard for the treatment of patients with renal stones larger than 2 cm in diameter. Creating a percutaneous renal access is the initial and probably the most important step in performing a PCNL. Two primary methods of obtaining proper percutaneous renal access under fluoroscopic guidance are described: The -triangulation- and the -eye of the needle- techniques. In this article, we compare these two techniques in terms of success and complication rates.