Connect superficial to deep veins
Locations
Proximal thigh - Hunterian
Distal thigh - Dodd’s
Knee - Boyd’s
Ankle/Calf - Cockett’s
Incompetent perforators often source of venous stasis ulcers at medial ankle



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