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Can any complications occur if a clot in one of the saphenous veins goes undiagnosed and the vein is stripped from the leg?
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Saphanous vein. : Saphanous vein is a superficial vein. Normally we don't anticolate clots in the saphanous vein. Even if the vein was stripped with a clot within it. It can theoretically be pushed forward during the stripping process depending on the technique used.
Answered 10/1/2014
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