RCOG Guidelines
- Preventing Entry-related Gynaecological Laparoscopic Injuries – BSGE / GTG No. 49 – May 2008
- Outpatient Hysteroscopy – GTG No. 59 – August 2024
NICE Guidelines
- Perioperative care in adults – NG180 – Aug 2020
- Hysteroscopic mechanical tissue removal (hysteroscopic morcellation) for uterine fibroids – [IPG704] – Aug 2021
RCOG – Other Publications
** PLEASE NOTE: As of July 2025, some of the previous RCOG Consent Advice documents have been archived, with redirection to the Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT) workspace on the FutureNHS platform. We have retained the existing links for candidate information. **
- Abdominal Hysterectomy for Benign Conditions – RCOG Consent Advice No. 4 – May 2009
- Diagnostic Hysteroscopy Under General Anaesthesia – RCOG Consent Advice No. 1 – December 2008
- Diagnostic Laparoscopy Consent – RCOG Consent Advice No. 2 – June 2017
- Morcellation for myomectomy or hysterectomy – RCOG Consent Advice No. 13 – Updated June 2024
- Obtaining Valid Consent for Complex Gynaecological Surgery – RCOG Clinical Governance Advice 6b – August 2010
- Pain Relief and Informed Decision Making for Outpatient Hysteroscopy – RCOG Good Practice Paper No. 16 – February 2023
- Robotic Surgery in Gynaecology – RCOG Scientific Impact Paper No. 71 – July 2022
TOG Articles
- Abdominal incisions and sutures in obstetrics and gynaecology – TOG 2014;16:13–18
- Nerve injuries associated with gynaecological surgery – TOG 2014;16:29–36
- The perforated uterus – TOG 2013;15:256–61
- Urinary tract injuries in laparoscopic gynaecological surgery; prevention, recognition and management – TOG 2014;16:19–28
- Perioperative management of women on oral anticoagulants and antiplatelet agents undergoing gynaecological procedures – TOG 202;22:131-136
- Vascular injury during laparoscopic gynaecological surgery: a methodological approach for prevention and management – TOG 2020:22:191-198
- Surgical smoke – what are the risks? – TOG 2019;21:102-106
- Preventing adhesions in laparoscopic surgery: the role of anti-adhesion agents – TOG 2019;21:185-192
- BSGE/ESGE guideline on management of fluid distension media in operative hysteroscopy – TOG 2018 20:197-200
- Cystoscopy for the gynaecologist – how to do a cystoscopy – TOG 2017;19:236–40
- Failed hysteroscopy and further management strategies – TOG 2016;18:65–8
- Laparoscopic myomectomy: a review of alternatives, techniques and controversies – TOG 2018 20:261-268
- Issues around vaginal vault closure – TOG 2019;21:203-208
- Operative laparoscopy in advanced pregnancy beyond 20 weeks – TOG 2020;22:237-241
- Manchester repair (‘Fothergill’s operation’) revisited – TOG 2021;23:148-153
- Excision of endometriosis – optimising surgical techniques – TOG 2021;23:310-317
- Review of advanced energy devices for the minimal access gynaecologist – TOG 2021;23:301-309
- vNOTES (vaginal Natural Orifice Transluminal Endoscopic Surgery): is this the future of gynaecological surgery? – TOG 2023;25:97-100
- Abdominal wall incision hernias: techniques to minimise the risks in open gynaecological surgery – TOG 2024:26 209-212