Anatomy of foot and ankle perforator veins
Jean-François UHL1 Miguel LO VUOLO2 Claude GILLOT1 1 URDIA Anatomy Research Unit EA4465, Descartes University, Paris Cité Sorbonne 2 Diagnóstico por Imágenes Junín, Santa Fe, Argentina Abstract Background: The foot venous pump is located in the plantar veins, where both its anatomy and connections with the saphenous roots and the foot perforator veins are not well known, and therefore, they are under investigated in daily practice. The aim of this paper is to describe the unique anatomy and the functional role of the foot perforator veins and emphasize their key role during the activation of the foot venous pump. Ankle…
