Varicose veins occur when one or more valves stop working, creating distended areas where blood has backed up into smaller veins just under the surface of the skin. The great saphenous vein is ...

Since the great saphenous vein is close to the skin’s surface, it’s sometimes used to sample blood for testing. Sections of this vein may be harvested for use in coronary artery bypass graft ...

April 1, 2003 — Both laser and radiofrequency therapy successfully treat greater saphenous vein ... by four months, and skin burns in two (1.4%), but no deep vein thrombosis.

Inspect the legs from the groin to the feet noting any asymmetry, skin changes ... until the venous blood has drained from the great saphenous vein. Now place a tourniquet around the upper ...

Approximately 9 years after the allergic episode, bilateral high ligation and division of the long saphenous vein were done to ... returned to normal. The skin rash began to fade, and after ...

This valve insufficiency most often affects the truncal vein, also called the great saphenous vein or great ... around the dilated vein like a second skin. The sheath acts as a kind of internal ...

Chronic venous insufficiency can lead to skin discoloration, inflammatory dermatitis and ulceration. Great saphenous vein insufficiency is the most common form of venous insufficiency in people ...

However, two recalcitrant issues with saphenous-vein grafts persist — early graft failure and harvest-site complications. Traditionally, harvesting of the greater saphenous vein involves a long ...