Perceptions of endometriosis surgery on TikTok: quality and implications for patient counselling

This is the first study to systematically evaluate TikTok content focused on surgical management of endometriosis, demonstrating that patient-generated videos overwhelmingly drive the conversation. While patients frequently describe benefits such as diagnostic clarity and symptom relief, they also highlight barriers to surgery, postoperative challenges, recurrent symptoms, and experiences of medical gaslighting. Patient-created videos had significantly lower information quality than provider-generated content, underscoring a critical gap in evidence-based surgical education on social media and an opportunity for clinician engagement.