Summary
Using modern sonographic scanners, the nerves adjacent to veins can be easily visualised
during the examination. They play a particular role in the therapy of the small saphenous
vein (SSV), where peroneal nerve injury can cause foot drop (1). In addition, closer
inspection may reveal nerve pathology, such as sciatic nerve varices (2). The fe-moral
nerve in the groin is of less relevance when planning varicosis therapy.
This paper aims to elucidate the sonomorphology of the nerves and, in the case of
the peroneal nerve, takes an example of endoluminal therapy of the small saphenous
vein treated conservatively with tumescence. The internal nerve structures can also
be pathological, however, illustrated by nerve oedema as a concomitant symptom of
popliteal vein thrombosis.
Keywords
Duplex ultrasonography - small saphenous vein - popliteal vein - peroneal/fibular
nerve - endoluminal thermal procedures
