Post sigmoid resection - scarring question

In June of 2006, i had a diverticulli that ruptured, resulting in emergency surgery and removal of 12" of my colon.

Fairly recently, I have been having pain and ribbon stool again.  They did a cat scan and found that the site of surgery has scarring that has caused a significant narrowing.

The plan of action is a colonoscopy and using a baloon to stretch the scar tissue out.

Just curious if this is best method for what is wrong, will this be a permanent fix or will I be dealing with this the rest of my life and what are the risks envolved.  I know there is more risk, because they are moving me from doing it in the office to a hospital.

Thanks!

[CalGal]

From what I understand this is probably the best option. It's conservative and hopefully will fix the problem. However, there's no way to really know if it's a permanent 'fix.' But if the stricture is due to scar tissue and there are no more reactive changes it will hopefully hold.

The risk with any form of stretch is that the tissues aren't strong enough to handle the stretch and it can result in perforation of some sort.