Gender and age distribution of the great saphenous vein varicosities among patients attending hilla teaching hospital

Abstract EN

The great saphenous vein is a part of the superficial venous system of the lower limb which runs at the dorsum of the foot, anterior to the medial malleolus, at the medial side of the leg, on the anterior surface of the thigh then joins the femoral vein at the saphenous opening. The study was done at the Surgical Outpatient clinic of Hilla Teaching hospital.

It included the examination of 72 patients (11 males and 61 females) with varicose veins The study objective was to find out the gender and age distribution of varicose veins among patients attending the Hilla Teaching Hospital The study revealed that:- 1- varicose veins were more common in females (85%) than males (15%).

2- The majority of patients were in the young age group 3- The commonest predisposing factors were pregnancy, obesity and heredity. 4- The highest age frequency was (30-39).

This could be explained by the fact that the majority of cases were females having pregnancy as a predisposing factor. 5- There was no significant difference between the right and left limbs regarding their involvement by varicose veins.