by chachacha » 21 Aug 2017, 18:22
I would ask him/her if they are going inside by holding your anus open and cutting the internal sphincter on the inside, or leaving the anal opening alone and making a cut to the side of it and then cutting it on the outside. I had the latter, but had ASSumed the former, so was trying to stuff all of the swollen tissue back up inside, thinking that it was my prolapsed hemmies that had been left outside by mistake (I caused myself a great deal of pain by mauling a fresh incision I didn't know was there until a week later). And even if you don't have prolapsing hemmies, it's still good to know that you have an incision on the outside, so that you can be even more careful while wiping the area after a movement.
And perhaps a diplomatic way to ask about his success rates would be to just ask him how his patients usually fare. How long does it usually take them to recover, how many have soiling issues afterward, etc., and not ask for numbers, such as what is your failure rate.
Good luck, and please keep us posted as you go.
Fissure since about 2007
Fissure diagnosed in 2011
Diltiazem for two years - didn't work well
LIS January, 2015
Hemorrhoidectomy December, 2017