accessory saphenous vein

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An occasional vein running in the thigh parallel to the great saphenous vein, which it joins just before the latter empties into the femoral vein.

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No references found			The GSV is usually small further down the calf; the size transition seen on ultrasound guides where to access the GSV Occasionally, the puncture and treatment can be applied to superficial tributaries that remain relatively straight and parallel to the course of the GSV In this case, these so-called superficial accessory saphenous veins can be accessed directly at the most peripheral part of the straight segment. Duplex ultrasound for superficial venous insufficiency: use for ... by Khilnani, Neil M.; Min, Robert J. / Applied Radiology In our experience, more than 95% of small saphenous veins, accessory saphenous veins and posterior thigh circumflex veins have remained closed after initial EVLT(R) treatment. Diomed Receives FDA Clearance for New EVLT Applications; EndoVenous ... by Business Wire			accessory accessory adrenal Accessory After the Fact accessory canal accessory cephalic vein accessory chromosome accessory diaphragm accessory gland accessory hemiazygos vein accessory ligament accessory movement accessory movements accessory muscle accessory muscle of respiration accessory nasal sinuses accessory nerve accessory obturator artery accessory organ accessory organs of the eye accessory pancreas accessory pancreatic duct accessory pathway accessory phrenic nerve accessory placenta accessory root canal accessory saphenous vein accessory sign accessory sinus of the nose accessory spleen accessory symptom accessory thymus accessory tooth accessory vertebral vein accident accident prevention Accident Prone Accident-Prone accidental accidental bodily injury accidental exposure management accidental hemorrhage accidental hypothermia accipiter Accipiter gentilis acclerated hypertension acclimate acclimation acclimatization acclimatization to heat Accolate accommodate			Accessory organ accessory organs of the eye accessory ovary accessory ovary accessory ovary accessory oviduct accessory oviduct accessory oviduct Accessory pancreas accessory pancreatic duct accessory pancreatic duct accessory pancreatic duct Accessory pathway Accessory pathway Accessory pathway Accessory pathway Accessory pathway accessory phrenic nerve accessory pigment Accessory pigments accessory placenta accessory plate Accessory Power Supply Accessory Pulmonary Blood Flow accessory root canal accessory root canal accessory root canal accessory root canal Accessory saphenous Accessory saphenous accessory saphenous vein accessory sex gland accessory sex gland accessory sex gland accessory sex glands accessory sex glands accessory sex glands accessory sex glands accessory sexual characters accessory shoe accessory sign accessory sinus of the nose Accessory sinuses of the nose Accessory sinuses of the nose Accessory sinuses of the nose accessory species accessory spleen accessory spleen accessory spleen Accessory spleens accessory symptom accessory teat accessory teat accessory teat accessory thymus accessory thyroid accessory thyroid accessory thyroid accessory tooth accessory tooth accessory tooth

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