2013-01-01T00:00:00Z, TEPELER, Abdulkadir, ARMAGAN, Abdullah, Sancaktutar, Ahmet Ali, SILAY, Mesrur Selcuk, Penbegul, Necmettin, AKMAN, Tolga, Hatipoglu, Namik Kemal, Ersoz, CEVPER, ERDEM, Mehmet Remzi, Akcay, MUZAFFER, ERSÖZ, CEVPER, AKÇAY, MUZAFFER

Background and Purpose: The treatment of symptomatic lower pole (LP) calculi poses a challenge because of lower clearance rates. We present our experience with microperc in the treatment of LP renal calculi.

2013-02-01T00:00:00Z, ARMAGAN, Abdullah, TEPELER, Abdulkadir, SILAY, Mesrur Selcuk, Ersoz, CEVPER, Akcay, MUZAFFER, AKMAN, Tolga, ERDEM, Mehmet Remzi, ONOL, Sinasi Yavuz, ERSÖZ, CEVPER, AKÇAY, MUZAFFER

Purpose: We present our initial experience with microperc in patients with moderate-size renal calculi.

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.