Publication: Saphenous Ladder Formed by Almost Completely Duplicated Great Saphenous Vein
Date
2020
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Publisher
Kathmandu University
Abstract
ABSTRACT
Knowledge of normal as well as variant great saphenous vein is useful as it is the
vein that can get varicosed; the vein that is used in bypass surgeries and the vein
that is used for cannulation purpose. We observed almost complete duplication of
the great saphenous vein in the left lower limb of an adult male cadaver. Both the
great saphenous veins arose from the medial end of the dorsal venous arch and
coursed parallel to each other throughout the limb. They united in the femoral
triangle to form a short (1 inch long) common great saphenous vein. Common great
saphenous vein terminated into the femoral vein. There were four communicating
veins connecting the two great saphenous veins in the leg, giving the appearance
of a venous ladder. Knowledge of this variation could be extremely useful in
treatment of varicose veins of lower limb, in catheterizations and in various surgical
procedures of the lower limb.
KEY WORDS
Dorsal venous arch, Femoral vein, Great saphenous vein, Lower limb, Variation
Description
Vasanthakumar Packiriswamy,1 Satheesha B Nayak2
1College of Applied Medical Sciences,
King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health
Sciences, Al Ahsa, Saudi Arabia.
2Melaka Manipal Medical College (Manipal Campus),
Manipal Academy of Higher Education,
Madhav Nagar, Manipal, Karnataka State, India
Keywords
Dorsal venous arch, Femoral vein, Great saphenous vein, Lower limb, Variation