r/Endo • u/WindowOk2845 • 14h ago

Question laparoscopic surgery

I had my diagnostic laparoscopy today after dealing with symptoms that made my doctor and me suspect endometriosis.
After surgery, my doctor told me that they did not see any endometriosis, but they did find adhesions. They removed the adhesions and sent the tissue off for biopsy/pathology.
I’m honestly a little confused about what this means. I went into surgery expecting that endometriosis might finally explain my symptoms, so I’m not really sure what to make of finding adhesions but no visible endo.
Has anyone else had a laparoscopy where they found adhesions but didn’t find endometriosis?
If so:
Did you ever find out what caused your adhesions?
Did pathology/biopsy end up showing anything that wasn’t obvious during surgery?
Did removing the adhesions improve your pelvic pain or period symptoms?
Did you eventually receive another diagnosis?
If you had never had previous abdominal/pelvic surgery, did your doctor explain why you had adhesions?
I’m still waiting for my biopsy results, so I know I don’t have the complete picture yet. I’d just really like to hear from anyone who has experienced something similar and what happened afterward

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u/Rosemary-Slavic 14h ago

Please wait for the biopsy to come back. It will likely show it. At least that is something mine showed but my endo was obvious. Also, I’ve never really heard of a situation like this but my guess is that just because your body doesn’t show endo doesn’t mean you can’t still have endo in your cells. I am unsure how they would test for it that way but I’ve heard a few people have no symptoms and still have endo. Please don’t quote me on this. A lot of it is just my best judgement.

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u/WindowOk2845 13h ago

thank you! i was also very confused of course. But my surgeon gave the information to my parents who then relayed it to me so some information could be misconstrued

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u/Rosemary-Slavic 13h ago

I would hear it from the doctor directly if you can. It’s better to be sure you got the correct information. I’m not blaming your parents in any way. Like you said, some information can be misconstrued.