A non-traumatic technique for removal
of the great saphenous vein at
varicose vein surgery
Haris A. Khwaja and David M. Nott
Corresponding address:
Mr H.A. Khwaja,
SpR in Vascular Surgery,
24 Compton Avenue,
Wembley, Middlesex,
HA0 3FD, UK.
E-mail: harisk@doctors.org.uk
Varicose vein surgery is one of the commonest surgeries performed in the Western world.
Utilisation of a plastic stripper and olive or a perforation/inversion metallic stripper has been
used to remove the great saphenous vein in the thigh. We describe a non-traumatic technique
for removal of the great saphenous vein that has minimal complications.
Keywords
Great saphenous vein; stripping; non-traumatic.
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