[Surgical anatomy of the perforating veins of Hunter's canal].

The vein perforating Hunter's Canal is often mentioned in the books on anatomy but is never described. After injecting coloured Neoprene Latex, ten long saphenous veins were dissected in the thigh. It was therefore possible to specify the origin, the course, the relation and the terminus of the perforating vein. The origin appeared variable in the long saphena, sometimes because of variations in the saphena itself; the course of the perforating vein is essentially along the posterior edge of the Couturier, then along the deep side. The terminus is found in the femoral vein after crossing the upper part of Hunter's fascia. The course of Hunter's perforating vein can therefore be divided into two parts: one variable, superficial, the other deep and constant.