2021 Volume 32 Issue 1 Pages 69-76
The International Committee of Japanese Society of Phlebology is preparing a Japanese version of the international evaluating systems of phlebology. The outline and method of the translation process in the committee is reported. The CEAP (Clinical-Etiology-Anatomy-Pathophysiology) classification is used in clinical papers for most chronic venous diseases today. It is a categorical classification. without assessing quantitative severity. The latest version of the CEAP classification was updated this year, 2020. The official Japanese translation and actual usage are described.