[Varices of the external saphenous vein]. / Les varices de la saphène externe.

The author indicates the importance in varicose veins of involvement of the external saphenous, making clear the distinction between sapheno-popliteal ostial insufficiency without varices and venous insufficiency with varices. He recommends a surgical approach determined on the basis of good clinical examination and appropriate supplementary examinations: such surgery should always be followed by sclerotherapy.