The great saphenous vein is a large venous blood vessel running near the inside surface of the leg from the ankle to the groin. It arises from the dorsal venous arch at the top (dorsum) of the ...

When the valves in the saphenous veins are impaired, blood can pool in the leg, foot, or toes. Over time, reflux in veins can also cause them to widen or dilate, becoming thinner and weaker.

BD received its FDA authorizations for two blood draw devices that are part of the new BD MiniDraw Capillary Blood Collection System at the end of 2023. The devices, as the name implies, collect ...

A total of 1036 patients were included in the analysis (534 patients with radial-artery grafts and 502 patients with saphenous-vein grafts). After a mean (±SD) follow-up time of 60±30 months ...

Q: I hate getting my blood drawn. It’s always hard to find my veins. Are there any ways to make it less awful? A: Needles can hurt and having to be poked multiple times to find the vein is a ...

Randomized Clinical Trial of Radiofrequency Ablation or Conventional High Ligation and Stripping for Great Saphenous Varicose Veins Subramonia S, Lees T Br J Surg . 2010;97:328-336 ...

Angiography was performed at one year in 440 patients: 8.2 percent of radial-artery grafts and 13.6 percent of saphenous-vein grafts were completely occluded (P=0.009).

Drug-eluting stents had a clear advantage over bare metal stents in patients undergoing revascularisation of saphenous (leg) vein grafts, results of the BASKET-SAVAGE trial show.