NOUN
- the longest vein in the body; runs from foot to the groin where it joins the femoral vein
How To Use great saphenous vein In A Sentence
- It becomes superficial and descends with the great saphenous vein along the medial border of the tibia as far as the middle of the instep.
- To provide anatomical basis for treatment of the deep venous thrombosis of lower limb with deep femoral vein shunting to contralateral great saphenous vein.
- Methods:Branch of the great saphenous vein were observed and measured on 72 adult cadaver specimens.
- Objective To assess the efficacy of the treatment of varicosity of great saphenous vein (GSV) using high ligation of GSV and point-form-stripping (PFS) with the aid of tourniquet.
- Methods:18 patients with acute iliofemoral venous thrombosis underwent catheter-directed thrombolysis via the great saphenous vein puncture after placement of vena caval filter.
