24Jun 2017

VARICOSE VEINS AN UNCOMMON PRESENTATION.

  • Department of Vascular Surgery, Stanley Medical College, Chennai.
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Variation in superficial venous system anatomy is well known, but varicose vein in that is less commonly reported. Our patient had Posterior Accessory Saphenous Vein varicosity with complete aplasia of Great Saphenous Vein, We have done Radiofrequency ablation of the posterior accessory Saphenous vein which is not reported in literature so far.


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[Shanmugavelayutham. C, Elancheralathan. K, Thulasikumar. G and Saravanan S. (2017); VARICOSE VEINS AN UNCOMMON PRESENTATION. Int. J. of Adv. Res. 5 (Jun). 1568-1571] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com


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Article DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/4572      
DOI URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/4572