title: [Surgery of the external saphenous vein].
abstract: The role played by the short saphenous vein in varicose disorders is more significant than is commonly believed: about 30% in our experience of surgery. Its termination is much more variable than that of the long saphenous vein. Its precise location must be ascertained by means of detailed clinical examination. In certain cases (relapses, for instance), phlebography and echography give indispensable details which mean that radical surgery of the short saphena can be carried out.
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008722:Methods; D012501:Saphenous Vein / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D014648:Varicose Veins / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*
vernacular_title: La chirurgie de la saphène externe.