Has anyone had a cauterization of their AF with silver nitrate? I had my post-Botox and tag removal appointment with my CRS. Unfortunately, my AF isn't where he'd like me to be. He gave me two options: A) try one more round of Botox in 2 weeks (I am five weeks post-Botox) it b) straight to LIS. He recommended trying one more round because I am young and healthy, and the LIS has a 5% risk of incontinence. He said he only tries two rounds, and if that doesn't work, he moves on to the surgery.
So back to the silver nitrate, he knew I had some bleeding going on. He said this helps with it. It burned so bad that it made me tear up. The burn radiated for another two hours until I took Tylenol. Has anyone had it done? Does it do anything other than stop bleeding? It sounds like it promotes scar tissue growth to close the wound, no?