Bowel function and symptoms after surgical resection of deep endometriosis

Endometriosis is the presence of endometrial tissue outside the uterine cavity, causing chronic inflammation. Deep endometriosis refers to lesions more than 5 mm below the peritoneal surface. These lesions commonly cause pain, infertility and problems with bowel function. There are three surgical methods for treating deep endometriosis: segmental bowel resection, discoid bowel resection and bowel shaving. This study aims to compare pain and bowel function before and after bowel-shaving surgery.