ABSTRACT
Varicose veins of any size-except telangiectasia-and at any site-except for
the proximal end of the great saphenous vein (GSV) and its junction with the
common femoral vein (sapheno femoral junction, SFJ)—can be removed by
AP. These include small reticular (dermal) varicosities, subcutaneous extrafascial
varicose collaterals, and deeply situated superficial truncal varicose veins that lie
anterior to the aponeurotic fascia or are covered by a layer of the latter, the super-
ficial fascia, like the GSV and the small saphenous vein (SSV).
