{"paper_id":"06671172-9854-47b5-afd3-a66a265a7fff","body_text":"We searched PubMed, Embase, NHS‐CRD (including DARE, NHS‐EED, HTA), and the Cochrane Library from their inception to June 2019 to identify published studies investigating effectiveness of surgery for the management of women with chronic pelvic pain associated with superficial peritoneal endometriosis.\n\nAndrew Horne receives grant funding from the NIHR, MRC, Chief Scientist's Office, Wellcome Trust, Wellbeing of Women, Ferring, and Roche. He has received honoraria for consultancy for Ferring, Roche Diagnostics, Nordic Pharma, and Abbvie. Lone Hummelshoj has received honoraria for advice to AbbVie. Kevin Cooper, Jane Daniels, and Emma Cox have no conflicts of interest to declare. Completed disclosure of interests forms are available to view online as Supporting information.\n\nAll authors had an equal role in carrying out, analysing the data for and writing up this commentary.\n\nEthical approval was not required.\n\nThis work was supported by funding from an MRC Centre Grant (MR/N022556/1).\n\nClick here for additional data file.\nClick here for additional data file.\nClick here for additional data file.\nClick here for additional data file.\nClick here for additional data file.","source_license":"CC0","license_restricted":false}