superficial veins are located close to the skin in your body.
superficial veins are located close to the skin in your body.
where are superficial veins located in your body?
close to the skin
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particular veins of the dvs and the svs are looked at. the great saphenous vein (gsv), and the small saphenous vein (ssv) are superficial veins which drain into respectively, the common femoral vein and the popliteal vein. these veins are deep veins. perforator veins drain superficial veins into the deep veins. three anatomic compartments are described (as networks), (n1) containing the deep veins, (n2) containing the perforator veins, and (n3) containing the superficial veins, known as the saphenous compartment. this compartmentalisation makes it easier for the examiner to systematize and map. the gsv can be located in the saphenous compartment where together with the giacomini vein and the accessory saphenous vein (asv) an image resembling an eye, known as the 'eye sign' can be seen. the asv which is often responsible for varicose veins, can be located at the 'alignment sign', where it is seen to align with the femoral vessels. together with the gsv and the cfv these three veins create an image called the mickey mouse sign. the examination report will include details of the deep and the superficial vein systems, and their mapping. the mapping is drawn on paper and then drawn on the patient before surgery.
ultrasonography of chronic venous insufficiency of the legs