Excellent summary from Japan (2000 ETS's per year in Japan)
Posted: Wed Mar 15, 2006 12:44 pm
http://nv-med.com/atcs/pdf/2004_10_1/4.pdf
The above article was published in 2004.
Trying to figure out how many ETSs are performed each year worldwide is very difficult (but an interesting endeavour) because there are countless surgeons who undertake less than 50 ETSs a year.
Page 7 of the above article states that around 2,000 ETSs are carried out in Japan each year.
I would bet that China, Taiwan and the US each have much higher numbers per year. Israel, Italy, Finland, Brazil and Germany also seem to have some highly experienced surgeons performing ETS on a daily basis.
The Japanese also seem to now cauterize T-3 and T-4 for hand sweating instead of T-2 only or T-2-T-3 or T-2-T-4.
The above article was published in 2004.
Trying to figure out how many ETSs are performed each year worldwide is very difficult (but an interesting endeavour) because there are countless surgeons who undertake less than 50 ETSs a year.
Page 7 of the above article states that around 2,000 ETSs are carried out in Japan each year.
I would bet that China, Taiwan and the US each have much higher numbers per year. Israel, Italy, Finland, Brazil and Germany also seem to have some highly experienced surgeons performing ETS on a daily basis.
The Japanese also seem to now cauterize T-3 and T-4 for hand sweating instead of T-2 only or T-2-T-3 or T-2-T-4.