Anatomy and embryology of the small saphenous vein: Nerve relationships and implications for treatment

Phlebology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 4-15

  Uhl, Jean François ^a   Gillot, Claude ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

Endovenous procedures; Nerves; Saphenous compartment; Small saphenous vein; Varicose veins; Venous embryology; Venous surgery

Indexed keywords

SCLEROSING AGENT;

ANATOMY; APONEUROSIS; BLOOD FLOW; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYOLOGY; FEMORAL NERVE; FEMORAL VEIN; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; PERONEUS NERVE; PHLEBOGRAPHY; POPLITEAL VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SCLEROTHERAPY; SKIN NERVE; SOLEUS MUSCLE; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; SURAL NERVE; THERMAL INJURY; TIBIAL NERVE; VARICOSIS; VASTUS MEDIALIS MUSCLE; VEIN DISEASE;

EID: 84875763112     PISSN: 02683555     EISSN: 14333031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/phleb.2012.012J08     Document Type: Review

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