If you suffer from endometriosis, surgery can help you in a couple of ways. It can give you a definitive diagnosis — your fertility team will be able to actually see the endometriosis rather than just assume that is the cause of the pain and your infertility. Surgery is also a way to remove endometriosis and hopefully restore fertility and remove pain from your life.

This type of surgery can be done in multiple ways. Whether you are going to be given the laparoscope or laparotomy depends on the suspected location and severity of your endometriosis. In cases where the surgery is being performed so doctors can visualize the endometriosis, they are often able to remove it at the same time, if it's found, so you can avoid having a second surgery later.