ArticleSurgical and radiologic anatomy : SRA2025
Duplication and positional variations of the femoral vein: a south Indian cadaveric study.
Article in Surgical and radiologic anatomy : SRA, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
0 citing papers in PubMed.
No citing paper in PubMed yet.
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
2 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
backgroundFemoral vein is one of the preferred veins for venous cannulations. Its variations such as duplication are known to complicate cannulation procedures and predispose the vein to deep vein thrombosis. Hence, more data inputs about these variations are needed to strengthen literature.
methodsThis cadaveric study aimed to document the incidence of duplication and variations in the relationship of the femoral vein with the femoral artery. Femoral veins were studied in 64 dissected lower limbs and data was tabulated.
resultsDuplication of the lower part of the vein was observed in 42.18% limbs. Duplication of the lower part of the vein with one vein spiraling around the femoral artery was found in 1.56% specimens. Partial duplication with the duplicated segment forming a “jug handle” pattern was found in 1.56% cases. In 3.12% cases there was a partial duplication with the duplicated segment forming a “bow-string pattern”. Femoral vein lying on the medial side of the femoral artery throughout its course and lying lateral to the artery throughout its course was observed in 1.56% specimens each.
conclusionThis study could be interesting to radiologists and vascular surgeons as the duplication of the vein and its positional variations could lead to deep vein thrombosis and make the vein vulnerable in cannulation procedures.
Indexed as
Identifiers
40897923What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.