Communicating vein

Communicating veins are veins that communicate two different points of the venous system.

They can communicate the great saphenous vein with the small saphenous vein, (for example the Giacomini vein)[1] or the superficial venous system with the deep one. In this case they are called perforator veins and have a very important role in the venous system hemodynamics.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Pourandokht Khodabakhsh, Konstantinos T. Delis; Alison L. Knaggs (December 2004). "Prevalence, anatomic patterns, valvular competence, and clinical significance of the Giacomini vein". Journal of Vascular Surgery 40 (6): 1174–1183. doi:10.1016/j.jvs.2004.09.019. Retrieved 2013-02-16.
  2. ↑ Cavezzi, A.; Labropoulos, N.; Partsch, H.; Ricci, S.; Caggiati, A.; Myers, K.; Nicolaides, A.; Smith, P.C. (2006). "Duplex Ultrasound Investigation of the Veins in Chronic Venous Disease of the Lower Limbs—UIP Consensus Document. Part II. Anatomy". European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery 31 (3): 288–99. doi:10.1016/j.ejvs.2005.07.020. PMID 16230038.


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