Advice about getting a surgeon who does excision.

Can anybody help? I feel so left in the dark.... My understanding from researching this fairly rigorously, is that identifying all the endo lesions and excision is the gold standard of treatment. It is also extremely important that surgeons should be validated by the BSGE but do all surgeons working within BSGE centres use excision? Is the only way to ensure you get excision to go down the private route? Any advice would be so helpful. I don't know where to turn.

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Thanks for your reply Linda. We are in Brighton. My daughter had a diagnostic lap with a general gynae who was not an expert in endo. He said there were only 2 lesions which he ablated. Her pain has not improved. My understanding is that all the lesions need to be identified and then excised to prevent them growing further. My daughter is only 20 so we don't want it growing further plus their is a risk the consultant may have missed lesions as inexperienced consultants don't know what to look for, especially in someone young.

Will all consultants excise lesions in someone where it is deemed to be mild or moderate or will they only offer ablation? Is excision only offered on the NHS when the endo is deemed to be severe?

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Thank you Linda, this is a very thorough description x