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. 2011 Apr;3(2):59–68. doi: 10.1177/1756287211400661

Figure 7.

Figure 7.

(a) Challenge with advancement of an access wire in cases of full staghorn calculi because the needle sheath remains outside the collecting system. (b) Advancing the needle sheath to the level of the stone while extracting the needle stylet allows for obtaining successful wire access adjacent to the stone in the collecting system.