Packiriswamy, VasanthakumarNayak, Satheesha B2025-12-052025-12-052020https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14572/3402Vasanthakumar 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, IndiaABSTRACT 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, Variationen-USDorsal venous archFemoral veinGreat saphenous veinLower limbVariationArticle