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5. Surgery

If those options are not sufficient and the medication does not work, patients can do surgery as a solution. One choice is to undergo a laparotomy. The procedure requires the doctor to make an incision in the abdomen area to remove the endometrial tissue. While this is an option, it is not common and could provide just short term relief. 

Another course of action would be for doctors to do the laparoscopy and use small tools to either cut off the tissue or use heat to destroy it. However, like the laparotomy, this too has the potential of being just a short term option. 

A third alternative would be to perform a hysterectomy. The procedure removes the entire uterus and should terminate the release of hormones and put a more permanent stop to endometriosis. However, the cons of this is it will cause the patient to go into menopause and it eliminates the option of becoming pregnant. 

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