A new study published in the Journal of American Medical Association showed that the upper-extremity route for secondary ...

The vein’s primary task is to drain deoxygenated blood from the foot, as well as superficial parts of the leg and knee ...

Intensive care unit patients who required acute renal replacement therapy were randomized to catheterization in the jugular vein (n = 375) or the femoral vein (n = 375). Among critically ill ...

A study assessed the effects of intravascular volume expansion on deep pelvic vein size using the 200-150-125 rule for the ...

Various venipuncture sites have been described, including the jugular vein, brachial vein, femoral vein, subcarapacial plexus, dorsal and ventral coccygeal veins and occipital sinus 1,2.

Flying increases the risk of developing deep vein thrombosis. Here, vascular surgeons give advice on how to avoid and treat ...

and the small saphenous vein (SSV). The GSV runs from the medial ankle to the groin, joining the common femoral vein at the saphenofemoral junction. The SSV runs from the lateral ankle to the ...

The herniated tissue passes through an opening called the femoral ring into the femoral canal, which is a narrow, cone-shaped space through which the femoral vein and lymphatic drainage pass. What ...