The Reality of Endometriosis Surgery: ESSI Featured in the New York Post
If you have endometriosis, you already know the story. You know the years of being told your pain is “normal.” You know the endless referrals, the ineffective birth control prescriptions, and the devastating realization that the doctors you trusted simply do not understand your disease.
Recently, the New York Post published a powerful feature titled, “Doctors dismissed my agonizing endometriosis symptoms for years.” It is an article that perfectly captures the heartbreaking, exhausting reality millions of patients face while navigating a broken healthcare system.
We are incredibly honored that the New York Post highlighted Dr. Andrea Vidali and the Endometriosis Surgical Specialists International (ESSI) team as part of the solution to this crisis.
But beyond the feature itself, the article brought a shocking, industry-wide statistic to the mainstream public—a number that perfectly explains why patients are suffering for so long, and why true surgical expertise is so desperately difficult to find.
The Volume Gap: 500 vs. 20
When discussing Dr. Vidali’s role as the Founder and Medical Director of ESSI, the New York Post highlighted a stark contrast in surgical experience:
“Dr. Andrea Vidali… performs 500 specialized surgeries for endometriosis a year. Most US doctors perform fewer than 20, according to Intuitive Surgical.”
Fewer than 20 surgeries a year. That is the average national reality. When a patient finally convinces their general OBGYN to perform a laparoscopy, they are often placed in the hands of a surgeon who operates on complex endometriosis less than twice a month.
Endometriosis is not a simple anatomical nuisance. It is a systemic, highly fibrotic, neuro-inflammatory disease. It aggressively infiltrates the bowel, the bladder, the ureters, and the deep pelvic nerves. It obliterates the cul-de-sac and glues organs together into a “frozen pelvis.”
You cannot effectively or safely eradicate a disease of this complexity if you only see it a handful of times a year.
Why Surgical Volume Matters
At ESSI, we see the devastating aftermath of the “fewer than 20” statistic every single day.
Patients arrive at our clinics having already undergone multiple failed surgeries. Their previous doctors either used outdated ablation (burning) techniques that merely scorched the surface of the lesions, or they simply closed the patient back up because the disease was “too complex” or “too close to the bowel” to safely remove.
Surgical excellence requires repetition, intense focus, and multidisciplinary infrastructure. Performing over 500 specialized endometriosis surgeries a year means that Dr. Vidali and the ESSI surgical team possess the elite, high-volume expertise required to perform deep, nerve-sparing excision. We do not leave disease behind, and we do not shy away from complex bowel or thoracic involvement, because navigating these severe cases is what we do every single day.
Elevating the Global Standard of Care
Our mission at ESSI goes beyond the walls of our own operating rooms. We are fiercely committed to changing the culture of endometriosis care worldwide.
As the New York Post also highlighted, Dr. Vidali is the co-founder of The Endometriosis Summit, the only multidisciplinary conference of its kind. We recognize that curing this crisis requires breaking down the walls between doctors, patients, and advocates. By gathering the world’s leading surgeons, physical therapists, immunologists, and grassroots patient-activists, we are actively rewriting the medical guidelines that have failed women for decades.
You Deserve an Expert
We want to extend our deepest gratitude to the New York Post for shining a massive, mainstream light on the medical gaslighting endometriosis patients endure, and for validating the urgent need for high-volume, specialized surgical care.
If you are suffering from chronic pelvic pain, unexplained infertility, or have been told that your disease is “too severe” to treat, do not settle for the national average. You deserve a team that understands the true biology of your disease and possesses the surgical mastery to completely remove it.
