Surgery may be done to remove the implants or a hysterectomy may be done to remove the uterus, fallopian tubes and ovaries in women who do not want to become pregnant. Both medical and surgical treatment usually helps with the symptoms, but despite good treatment, the disease often returns. Symptoms almost always disappear for good with menopause of if the ovaries are removed. There is no definite way to prevent endometriosis. Having children when young may prevent endometriosis from developing.
Pregnancy permanently cures some women with the condition.