Phlebectasia within the sural nerve.
During the period of one year, 222 patients were submitted to corrective surgery for varicose veins of the lower limbs; in 170 the short saphenous vein was removed. In ten of the latter patients there was phlebectasia of veins lying within the sural nerve. Intra-operative phlebography showed communicating veins between the area of phlebectasia and the deep venous system. These atypical communicating veins directed the venous flow toward the fibular and posterior tibial veins. The authors discuss the importance of these findings.
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