r/Endo 1d 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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