Takaaki Ito, Ryuichi Kukino, Masakazu Takahara, Miki Tanioka, Yasuhiro Nakamura, Yoshihide Asano, Masatoshi Abe, Takayuki Ishii, Taiki Isei, Yuji Inoue, Shinichi Imafuku, Ryokichi Irisawa, Masaki Ohtsuka, Mikio Ohtsuka, Fumihide Ogawa, Takafumi Kadono, Tamihiro Kawakami, Masakazu Kawaguchi, Takeshi Kono, Masanari Kodera, Keisuke Sakai, Takeshi Nakanishi, Akira Hashimoto, Minoru Hasegawa, Masahiro Hayashi, Manabu Fujimoto, Hiroshi Fujiwara, Takeo Maekawa, Koma Matsuo, Naoki Madokoro, Osamu Yamasaki, Yuichiro Yoshino, Andres Le Pavoux, Takao Tachibana, Hironobu Ihn
Varicose veins are treated at multiple clinical departments, but as patients often visit the dermatology clinic first due to leg ulcers, the present Guidelines for the Management of Lower Leg Ulcers/Varicose Veins were prepared in consideration of the importance of the dermatologist's role. Also, the disease concept of chronic venous insufficiency or chronic venous disorders and the CEAP classification of these disorders are presented. The objective of the present guidelines is to properly guide the diagnosis and treatment of lower leg ulcers/varicose veins by systematically presenting evidence-based recommendations that support clinical decisions...
August 2016: Journal of Dermatology