title: Treatment of Primary Varicose Veins in Japan: Japanese Vein Study XVII.
abstract: Purpose:This study aimed at clarifying the changes in treatments for primary varicose veins in Japan.Methods:A questionnaire was mailed to the members of the Japanese Society of Phlebology. The contents of the survey covered the treatment and treatment strategy of varicose vein cases in 2013. The results were examined and compared with the results of previous surveys conducted by the aforesaid society in 1998, 2004 and 2009.Results:Of 36078 patients, 43958 limbs were reported from 201 institutions. Saphenous type was the most common type of varicose veins that developed in patients aged 70-79 years. The C4-6 cases according to the Clinical-Etiology-Anatomy-Pathophysiology (CEAP) classification occurred significantly more in males than in females (p <0.01). For the treatments of saphenous type and of segment type (dilatation of peripheral branch), endovenous laser ablation (EVLA) was performed most frequently (51%), while the frequency of stripping and of high ligation decreased. EVLA was performed with tumescent local anesthesia, which required one day of hospitalization.Conclusion:In our study, the number of patients with varicose veins increased especially in the elderly. Surgical treatments were selected for a number of patients, and EVLA was the most commonly adopted method of treatment in Japan. (This article is a translation of Jpn J Phlebol 2016: 27; 249-57.).
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Fukushima Medical University, School of Medicine, Fukushima, Fukushima, Japan.
authors.forename: Hirono
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Satokawa
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamaki
authors.affiliation: Iwata Vascular and Vein Clinic, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan.
authors.forename: Hirohide
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Iwata
authors.affiliation: Sakata Vascular Surgery Clinic, Osaka, Osaka, Japan.
authors.forename: Masahiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sakata
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Metropolitan and Medical Treatment Corporation Ohkubo Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Norihide
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sugano
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Toshiya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nishibe
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Yokohama Minami Kyosai Hospital, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan.
authors.forename: Makoto
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mo
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Tsu, Mie, Japan.
authors.forename: Norikazu
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yamada
authors.affiliation: Tsukuba Vascular Center, Moriya, Tsukuba, Japan.
authors.forename: Takehisa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Iwai
keywords: endovenous laser ablation; endovenous radiofrequency ablation; survey; varicose veins