The surgeon is concerned lest silent thrombus may lie in the external or common iliac veins or in the hypogastric venous distributions to produce further, perhaps fatal, embolism if femoral ...

common femoral vein and iliac vein. In addition, the profunda femoris vein drains the upper leg and serves as a tributary to the common femoral vein. The deep and superficial systems are ...

Chronic webs form as a result of left iliac vein compression by the right common iliac artery, predisposing patients to left-sided DVT, particularly in the proximal venous segments. These defects ...