Basilic vein thrombosis is a type of SVT in which a blood clot forms in the arm’s basilic vein. SVT occurs in veins under the skin rather than deep veins under layers of tissue and muscle.

The basilic vein offers many advantages over the other arm veins relative to arteriovenous access. First, the basilic vein remains hidden and relatively unused owing to its deep position on the ...

The median basilic arm vein is far preferable, ... and 2 years after division of the axillary vein, there was no edema whatever of the right hand and forearm, ...

Keyes, LE, Frazee, BW, Snoey, ER, Simon, BC, Christy, D. Ultrasound guided brachial and basilic vein cannulation in emergency department patients with difficult intravenous access. Ann Emerg Med ...

Kian K et al. (2008) Role of surgical intervention for cephalic arch stenosis in the “fistula first” era. Semin Dial 21: 93–96 ...

In this report, the rates of primary and primary assisted patencies are lower than the rates reported throughout the literature. [5,6,7,15,16,17,18,19,20] This is related, in part, to the ...