1 Department of Orthopedic and Traumatology, Marmara University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey 2 Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Marmara University School of Medicine 3 Department of ...

THE interruption of deep venous pathways in the treatment and prevention of pulmonary embolism has come to be a generally accepted surgical procedure. The preferred sites for division when deep venous ...

THERE is probably an advantage, in these recent days when thrombosis in the veins of the lower limbs is receiving active treatment by surgical procedures as well as by anticoagulants, in visualizing ...

Interv Cardiol. 2012;4(5):527-536. The venous anatomy of the lower leg is made up of two axial systems, a superficial and a deep venous system. The superficial system lies above the muscle fascia in ...

The anterior femoral cutaneous vein carries oxygen-depleted blood from the capillaries of the superficial anterior thigh. It lies just underneath the frontal surface of the thigh. The anterior femoral ...

Although a number of tests have been evaluated over the years, only three have been shown to have special value for diagnosing DVT in symptomatic patients: venous ultrasonography, venography and ...