Society guideline links: Hysteroscopy

Introduction — This topic includes links to society and government-sponsored guidelines from selected countries and regions around the world. We will update these links periodically; newer versions of some guidelines may be available on each society's website. Some societies may require users to log in to access their guidelines.

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International

●AAGL: Practice guidelines for the management of hysteroscopic distending media (2013)

Canada

●Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada (SOGC): Clinical practice guideline on antibiotic prophylaxis in gynaecologic procedures (2012, reaffirmed 2018)

United States

●American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG): Committee opinion on the use of hysteroscopy for the diagnosis and treatment of intrauterine pathology (2020)

●ACOG: Practice bulletin for prevention of infection after gynecologic procedures (2018)

United Kingdom

●National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE): Guideline on heavy menstrual bleeding – Assessment and management (2018, updated 2021)

●NICE: Quality standard on heavy menstrual bleeding (2013, updated 2020)

●Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG)/British Society for Gynaecological Endoscopy (BSGE): Green-top guideline on best practice in outpatient hysteroscopy (2011)

Japan

●[In Japanese] Japan Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology (JSOG): Obstetrics and gynecology clinical practice guidelines – Gynecology outpatient edition (2023)

●[In English] JSOG and Japan Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (JAOG): Guidelines for gynecological practice in Japan, 2020 edition (published 2021)