Comment by codetweep
The article sort of glosses over a major distinction regarding the surgical approach to endometriosis -- 90+% of OB/GYNs are trained to ablate (burn-to-destroy) the affected tissue, whereas more recently, a crop of surgeons have begun to specialize in excising a wide area of tissue surrounding the affected tissue. Many times, the tissue to destroy is not on the surface - it is deeply infiltrating what it has adhered to. Burning it is just like cutting grass, it'll come right back. Success rates with excisional surgery are markedly better, but not a silver bullet.
Not to mention the burning creates a lot more scar tissue, which greatly impacts future reproductive prospects depending on where the burning is taking place…