Baccaglini U
Istituto di Chirurgia Generale II, Università degli Studi di Padova.
Minerva Cardioangiol. 1997 Jan-Feb;45(1-2):31-6.
It has been felt for a long time now that there is a need for a simple but complete classification of lower limb venous diseases, and many proposals concerning this matter have appeared in literature. The object of the new classification prepared at Maui, Hawaii, in 1994 is not only that of placing chronic venous diseases of the lower limbs under different profiles (clinical, etiological, anatomical, physiopathological), but also of supplying a numerical score concerning the seriousness of the disease.
长期以来，人们一直认为需要对下肢静脉疾病进行简单而完整的分类，关于此事的许多提议已在文献中出现。1994年在夏威夷毛伊岛制定的新分类的目的，不仅是将下肢慢性静脉疾病归入不同类别（临床、病因、解剖、生理病理），而且还要给出一个有关疾病严重程度的数值评分。
