saphenous vein in a sentence
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- LITA, radial ) are far more sensitive to rough handling than the saphenous veins and may go into spasm if handled improperly.
- For most people, the problem starts with the saphenous vein, a large blood vessel that runs from the ankle to the groin.
- Sclerotherapy can also be performed using microfoam sclerosants under ultrasound guidance to treat larger varicose veins, including the great and small saphenous veins.
- The veins most often found to be incompetent are the saphenous veins and the perforators communicating with the deep veins of the thigh.
- The laser is activated whilst the catheter or laser fiber is slowly withdrawn, resulting in obliteration of the saphenous vein along its entire length.
- The major leg vein, called the saphenous vein, has a series of valves that open and close to keep blood flowing toward the heart.
- The "'medial marginal vein "'is a continuation of the Dorsal venous arch of the foot and is the origin of the long saphenous vein.
- The "'lateral marginal vein "'is a continuation of the Dorsal venous arch of the foot and is the origin of the short saphenous vein.
- In surgeries, the principle superficial neurovascular bundles at risk are, medially, the great saphenous vein and its accompanying nerve, and laterally, the superficial peroneal nerve.
- The " venae perfortantes " connect the deep and the superficial system, which consists of the saphenous veins ( the site of varicose veins ).