The great saphenous vein (GSV) or long saphenous vein (/səˈfiːnəs/) is a large, subcutaneous, superficial vein of the leg. It is the longest vein in the...

The small saphenous vein (also short saphenous vein or lesser saphenous vein) is a relatively large superficial vein of the posterior leg. The origin of...

The anterior accessory saphenous vein is a special anterior tributary of the great saphenous vein (GSV), draining the antero-lateral face of the thigh...

then passes along the tibial side of the leg, accompanied by the great saphenous vein. It descends behind the medial border of the tibia, and, at the lower...

continuation of the popliteal vein. The great saphenous vein (a superficial vein), and the deep femoral vein drain into the femoral vein in the femoral triangle...

ultrasound guidance to treat larger varicose veins, including the great saphenous and small saphenous veins. There is some evidence that sclerotherapy is...

Giacomini vein or cranial extension of the small saphenous vein is a communicating vein between the great saphenous vein (GSV) and the small saphenous vein (SSV)...

lower limb veins. Particular veins of the deep venous system (DVS), and the superficial venous system (SVS) are looked at. The great saphenous vein (GSV),...

is located at the saphenous opening within the groin and formed by the meeting of the great saphenous vein (GSV), common femoral vein and the superficial...

external pudendal veins (deep pudendal and superficial pudendal) are veins of the pelvis which drain into the great saphenous vein. Anterior abdominal...

dilated accessory saphenous vein (ASV) exists: the common femoral vein (CFV) represents the head of Mickey Mouse while the great saphenous vein (GSV) and the...

subcutaneous inguinal ring The great saphenous vein and its tributaries The femoral vein and its tributaries Superficial veins of lower limb. Superficial...

which pierces fascia lata lateral to the saphenous opening), and lymphatics. It transmits the great saphenous vein and other smaller vessels including the...

venous disease. The vein "stripped" (pulled out from under the skin using minimal incisions) is usually the great saphenous vein. The surgery involves...

most prominent of these being the saphenous opening (saphenous hiatus) (which gives passage to the great saphenous vein). An inferior aponeurotic thickening...

are the right internal mammary artery, the radial artery, and the great saphenous vein. Effective ways to treat chest pain (specifically, angina, a common...

superficial vein that connects the small saphenous vein and the great saphenous vein. Anatomically, it is defined by where the dorsal veins of the first...

the (superficial) great saphenous vein. Peripheral veins carry blood from the limbs and hands and feet. The three layers of the vein wall are the outer...

his pioneering work on coronary artery bypass surgery using the great saphenous vein. Favaloro was born in 1923 and raised in La Plata; his grandparents...

for the treatment of varicose veins. It is the juxtafemoral flush ligation of the great saphenous vein to the femoral vein. An oblique incision is made...

known as perforator veins. They can communicate the great saphenous vein with the small saphenous vein, (for example the Giacomini vein). Pourandokht Khodabakhsh...

conduits in bypass surgeries (e.g. CABG), get occluded. Veins, mainly the great saphenous vein (GSV) are the most frequently used conduits in bypass surgeries...

Saphenous may refer to one of two saphenous veins or the saphenous nerve in the leg: Great saphenous vein Small saphenous vein Saphenous nerve This disambiguation...

peripheral venous catheter is either difficult or impossible. The great saphenous vein is most commonly used. This procedure has fallen out of favor with...

femoral artery with accompanying veins, and upper part of the great saphenous vein. The deep fascia has a saphenous opening and the opening is covered...

that sclerotherapy is not suitable for veins with reflux from the greater or lesser saphenous junction, or for veins with axial reflux. This is due to the...

fiber is inserted under ultrasound guidance into the great saphenous vein (GSV) or small saphenous vein (SSV) through a small puncture. The catheter is then...

condition characterized by blood pooling in the veins, leading to increased pressure and strain on the vein walls. The most common cause of CVI is superficial...

aspirin), antibiotics, and corticosteroids. SVTs that occur within the great saphenous vein within 3 cm of the saphenofemoral junction are considered to be equivalent...

marginal vein is a continuation of the dorsal venous arch of the foot and is the origin of the great saphenous vein. Lateral marginal vein Blanchemaison...