Children with congenital focal deficiency of the proximal femur present many problems that are but rarely encountered by the individual surgeon who is thus unable to accumulate a wide experience. This paper reviews the literature and analyses the treatment of twenty-three cases at the Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, with the object of producing a rational plan of treatment. The management...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of femoral vein duplication and the incidence of bilateral anomalies in a normal cohort of patients presenting with varicose veins. METHODS Two hundred and forty patients underwent bilateral lower limb deep venous ultrasound examination with particular attention to the femoropopliteal segment. RESULTS The incidence of femor...