Saphenous veins - variants of drainage, saphenofemoral and saphenopopliteal junctions
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https://doi.org/10.52692/1857-0011.2025.2-82.26Keywords:
saphenofemoral junction, saphenopopliteal junctionAbstract
The study sought to identify the prevalence of anatomical variants of the two junctions - saphenofemoral and saphenopopliteal. The drainage of 22 great saphenous veins and of 24 small saphenous veins was evaluated by anatomical dissection. Duplication of the saphenofemoral junction (SFJ) with a bifid junction was observed in 13.6% of cases, and H-shaped SFJ - in 9.07% of cases. The number of tributaries of the SFJ ranged from 2 to 6, and most often their number was 3-4 (in 62.5% of cases). The small saphenous vein in 45.5% drained into the popliteal vein, forming the saphenopopliteal junction (SPJ). In the other 50% of cases, the small saphenous vein (its cranial extension) ascended on the thigh without having connections with the popliteal vein, and finally, in 4.2% the small saphenous drained into the medial gastrocnemius veins.
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