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Treatment Options => Microsurgical Options => Topic started by: nomad9988 on August 05, 2018, 09:06:49 pm

Title: Assessing surgeons experience
Post by: nomad9988 on August 05, 2018, 09:06:49 pm

When asked how often my doctors perform AN removal, they both said they perform about 40-50 a year.  Is that a lot? Average? Or seldom?

Title: Re: Assessing surgeons experience
Post by: sg_way on August 06, 2018, 11:47:15 am

I think it's over average if they've done about 900 cases in their career.  Do you mind to tell me what area are they in?

Title: Re: Assessing surgeons experience
Post by: nomad9988 on August 07, 2018, 04:57:46 am

It's Dr Danner and Dr Agazzi in Tampa Fl.

Title: Re: Assessing surgeons experience
Post by: notaclone13 on August 07, 2018, 07:04:22 am

If they remove 40-50 a year (an approximate average of 3-4 per month) it seems to me that they have operated on significant number of ANs.  Not as many as a major center like House of course, but since ANs are relatively rare in the population, it appears that they do this surgery relatively frequently.