Intrarenal access.
Corrosion casts were made of 27 human cadaveric kidneys. The anatomy so displayed suggests that to avoid intrarenal vascular damage, incisions for nephrolithotomy should be radial, peripheral and, wherever possible, posterior.
D002102:Cadaver; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000098:blood supply*; D007669:Kidney Calculi / Q000601:surgery; D007670:Kidney Calices / Q000098:blood supply; D008953:Models, Anatomic; D012082:Renal Veins / Q000033:anatomy & histology