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
- Morcellation for myomectomy or hysterectomy – RCOG Consent Advice No. 13 – Updated June 2024
- 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
Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT) Consent Forms
** PLEASE NOTE: As of July 2025, some of the previous RCOG Consent Advice documents have been archived, with redirection to the Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT) workspace on the FutureNHS platform. **
This is the direct link to Gynaecology Consent Form on GIRFT – please note users require a login. We have also provided direct downloads on our website:
- Diagnostic laparoscopy
- Endometrial Ablation
- Laparoscopic Sterilisation
- Operative Hysteroscopy
- Outpatient Endometrial Ablation
- Outpatient Hysteroscopy
- Outpatient Operative Hysteroscopy
- Total Laparoscopic Hysterectomy
- Vaginal hysterectomy
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