title: [Varices of the external saphenous vein].
abstract: The author indicates the importance in varicose veins of involvement of the external saphenous, making clear the distinction between sapheno-popliteal ostial insufficiency without varices and venous insufficiency with varices. He recommends a surgical approach determined on the basis of good clinical examination and appropriate supplementary examinations: such surgery should always be followed by sclerotherapy.
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D012501:Saphenous Vein / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D014648:Varicose Veins / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery
vernacular_title: Les varices de la saphène externe.