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: White paper on enhanced recovery and surgical optimization protocol for minimally invasive gynecologic surgery (2021)
●American Urogynecologic Society (AUGS) and International Urogynecological Association (IUA): Joint position statement on the management of mesh-related complications for the FPMRS specialist (2020)
●Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Society: Guidelines for vulvar and vaginal surgery (2020)
●ERAS Society: Guidelines for perioperative care in gynecologic/oncology, update (2019)
●European Society for Gynaecological Endoscopy (ESGE), European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE), and World Endometriosis Society (WES): Recommendations for the surgical treatment of endometriosis – Part 2: Deep endometriosis (2019)
●International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO): Review of statements on use of synthetic mesh (2019)
●World Health Organization (WHO): Guidelines for the use of thermal ablation for cervical pre-cancer lesions (2019)
Canada
●Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada (SOGC): Clinical practice guideline for surgical management of apical pelvic organ prolapse in women (2021)
●SOGC: Clinical practice guideline on laparoscopic entry for gynaecological surgery (2021)
●SOGC: Clinical practice guideline on prevention of venous thromboembolic disease in gynaecological surgery (2021)
●SOGC: Guideline for gynaecologic surgery in the obese patient (2019)
●SOGC: Guideline for hysterectomy for benign gynaecologic indications (2019)
●SOGC: Guideline for morcellation during gynaecologic surgery – Its uses, complications, and risks of unsuspected malignancy (2019)
●SOGC: Recommendations for antibiotic prophylaxis in gynaecologic procedures (2012, reaffirmed 2018)
●SOGC: Surgical safety checklist in obstetrics and gynaecology (2013, reaffirmed 2018)
●SOGC: Clinical practice guideline for endometrial ablation in the management of abnormal uterine bleeding (2015)
United States
●American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG): Practice bulletin for prevention of venous thromboembolism in gynecologic surgery (2021)
●ACOG: Committee opinion on robot-assisted surgery for noncancerous gynecologic conditions (2020)
●ACOG: Committee opinion on the use of hysteroscopy for the diagnosis and treatment of intrauterine pathology (2020)
●ACOG: Committee opinion on topical hemostatic agents at time of obstetric and gynecologic surgery (2020)
●ACOG: Committee opinion on choosing the route of hysterectomy for benign disease (2017, reaffirmed 2019)
●ACOG and American Urogynecologic Society (AUGS): Committee opinion on management of mesh and graft complications in gynecologic surgery (2017, reaffirmed 2019)
●American Urological Association (AUA): Position statement on the use of vaginal mesh for the surgical treatment of stress urinary incontinence (SUI) (2011, revised 2019)
●Society of Gynecologic Surgeons (SGS): Uterine-preserving surgeries for the repair of pelvic organ prolapse: a systematic review with meta-analysis and clinical practice guidelines (2019)
●ACOG: Committee opinion on ethical considerations for performing gynecologic surgery in low-resource settings abroad (2018)
●SGS: Uterine preservation versus hysterectomy in pelvic organ prolapse surgery – A systematic review with meta-analysis and clinical practice guidelines (2018)
●ACOG: Committee opinion on gynecologic surgery in the obese woman (2015, reaffirmed 2017)
●AUA/Society of Urodynamics, Female Pelvic Medicine & Urogenital Reconstruction (SUFU): Guideline for the surgical treatment of female stress urinary incontinence (SUI) (2017)
Europe
●European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE): Guideline on endometriosis (2022)
●European Society for Gynaecological Endoscopy (ESGE) and Society of European Robotic Gynaecological Surgery (SERGS): Position document and joint statement on the role of minimally invasive radical hysterectomy for cervical cancer (2020)
●British Society for Gynaecological Endoscopy (BSGE)/ESGE: Guideline on management of fluid distension media in operative hysteroscopy (2016)
United Kingdom
●National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE): Interventional procedures guidance for hysteroscopic mechanical tissue removal (hysteroscopic morcellation) for uterine fibroids (2021)
●NICE: Interventional procedures guidance for transcervical ultrasound-guided radiofrequency ablation for symptomatic uterine fibroids (2021)
●NICE: Interventional procedures guidance on laparoscopic removal of uterine fibroids with power morcellation (2021)
●Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG): Consent advice for morcellation for myomectomy or hysterectomy (2019)
●British Society for Gynaecological Endoscopy (BSGE)/European Society for Gynaecological Endoscopy (ESGE): Guideline on management of fluid distension media in operative hysteroscopy (2016)
Australia–New Zealand
●Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RANZCOG): Position statement on midurethral slings (2014, reviewed 2020)
●RANZCOG: Uterine artery embolisation for the treatment of uterine fibroids (2008, reviewed 2020)
●RANZCOG/Australasian Gynaecological Endoscopy & Surgery Society (AGES): Position statement on robotic-assisted laparoscopy (2009, reviewed 2017)
