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
●International consensus statement on robotic hepatectomy surgery in 2018 (published 2019)
●AAGL: Position statement on robotic-assisted laparoscopic surgery in benign gynecology (2013)
Canada
●SOGC: Guideline for laparoscopic entry – A review of techniques, technologies, and complications (2017)
United States
●American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG): Committee opinion on gynecologic surgery in the obese woman (2015, reaffirmed 2020)
●ACOG: Committee opinion on robot-assisted surgery for noncancerous gynecologic conditions (2020)
●Choosing Wisely: Do not routinely administer prophylactic antibiotics in low-risk laparoscopic procedures (2017; updated 2019)
●American Urological Association (AUA): Robotic surgery (urologic) standard operating procedure (SOP) (2017, reaffirmed 2018)
●SAGES: Guidelines for the use of laparoscopy during pregnancy (2017)
●SAGES: Guidelines for venous thromboembolism (VTE) prophylaxis for laparoscopic surgery, update (2017)
●SAGES: Guidelines for laparoscopic ventral hernia repair (2016)
●Choosing Wisely: Avoid an open approach for primary bariatric surgical procedures (2015)
●SAGES: Guidelines for laparoscopic peritoneal dialysis access surgery (2014)
●SAGES: Guidelines for the minimally invasive treatment of adrenal pathology (2013)
●SAGES: Guidelines for laparoscopic resection of curable colon and rectal cancer (2012)
●SAGES: Guidelines for diagnostic laparoscopy (2010)
●SAGES: Guidelines for the clinical application of laparoscopic biliary tract surgery (2010)
●SAGES: Guidelines for laparoscopic appendectomy (2009)
●SAGES: Guidelines for the use of laparoscopic ultrasound (2009)
●SAGES: Guidelines for clinical application of laparoscopic bariatric surgery (2008)
Europe
United Kingdom
●Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG): Consent advice for diagnostic laparoscopy (2017)
●RCOG: Consent advice for laparoscopic management of tubal ectopic pregnancy (2010)
●NICE: Interventional procedures guidance on laparoscopic insertion of peritoneal dialysis catheter (2007)
Australia-New Zealand
●RANZCOG: Position statement on robotic-assisted laparoscopy (2017)
Japan
●[In Japanese] Japanese Society of Endourology (JSE): Guidelines on urinary laparoscopic surgery (2014)