What Causes Femoral Saphenous Reflux?

Posted on Fri, 20 Jun 2014

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Fri, 20 Jun 2014 Answered on

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Question : I have femoral saphenous reflux. Does that mean there is a back flow in one of my greater veins?

Answered by Dr. Grzegorz Stanko (38 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
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Detailed Answer:
Hello.

Thank you for the query.

This means that the blood flows back from femoral vein to the saphenous vein. In normal condition blood flows through saphenous vein to the femoral vein(in the groin).

Hope this will help. Feel free to ask further questions.

Regards

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