The plantar venous pump: Anatomy and physiological hypotheses

Phlebolymphology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 151-158

  Uhl, Jean François ^a,b   Gillot, Claude ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b Centre de Chirurgie des Varices Paris Défense   (France)

Author keywords

Foot anatomy; Plantar veins; Venous pump

Indexed keywords

LATEX;

ANATOMY; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; CADAVER; DILATATION; DISSECTION; GRAVITY; HUMAN; PERIPHERAL VEIN; PHLEBOLOGY; PLANTARIS MUSCLE; VENOUS CIRCULATION; VENOUS RETURN; VENOUS STASIS; WALKING; WEIGHT BEARING;

EID: 78650530325     PISSN: 12860107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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