peroneal vein


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Noun1.peroneal vein - accompany the peroneal arteries; arising in the heel and running up the back of the leg to join the posterior tibial veins of the popliteal vein
fibular vein, vena peroneus
vein, vena, venous blood vessel - a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart; "all veins except the pulmonary vein carry unaerated blood"
leg - a human limb; commonly used to refer to a whole limb but technically only the part of the limb between the knee and ankle
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In the present study, patients who had trauma in the lower limbs had DVT in 28.6%, however there are reports of much lower incidence (12.9) (11).The involved veins in the DVT are posterior tibial (61.7%), popliteal vein (47.1%), peroneal vein (44.1%), superficial femoral vein (17.6%), anterior tibial vein (17.6%) and external iliac vein (5.9%).
Detection of venous thrombosis among suspected vascular lesions of lower limbs by doppler sonography
The only perioperative complication was the development of a deep vein thrombosis (DVT) in the left peroneal vein on post-operative day (POD) l.
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After cast removal, a cellulitis of the right leg was diagnosed together with a thrombosis of the right posterior tibial and peroneal veins. Antimicrobial treatment was immediately initiated with intravenous amoxicillin-clavulanic acid (1 g every 6 h).
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