Practice Guidelines/Position Statements/Special Articles

As the leading association of physicians in the field of minimally invasive gynecologic surgery, AAGL publishes Position Statements, Practice Guidelines and Special Articles from time to time as guidance for its member physicians and for the public at large. The following is a list of the papers that have been published to date:

August 2021
Message from the President:  COVID Health and Safety Policy Update at the AAGL 2021 Global Congress

December 2020
Joint Statement:  Public Health Measures to Combat COVID-19

October 2020
AAGL White Paper: Enhanced Recovery and Surgical Optimization Protocol for MIGS

August 2020
Joint Statement: Collective Action Addressing Racism

June 2020
AAGL Announces Essentials in Minimally Invasive Gynecology (EMIG) Construct Validation Trial Published

March 2020
COVID-19 Resources/Articles/Webinars/Statements

COVID-19 Joint Society Statement

COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Statement from Jubilee Brown, AAGL President

COVID-19 (Coronavirus) and AAGL Meetings

February 2020
Call for Comments due 4/27/2020: FDA Draft Guidance Document on Power Morcellators

October 2018
AAGL Statement to the FDA on Power Morcellation

May 2018
Special Article: Morcellation during Uterine Tissue Extraction:  An Update

March-April 2018
Special Article: The Duty to Lead by Example

May 2017
AAGL Practice Report: Practice Guidelines on Intrauterine Adhesions Developed in Collaboration With the European Society of Gynaecological Endoscopy (ESGE)

July 2014
AAGL Statement to the FDA on Power Morcellation

May 2014
Morcellation During Uterine Tissue Extraction

April 2014
AAGL Practice Report: Practice Guidelines on the Prevention of Apical Prolapse at the Time of Benign Hysterectomy

February 2014
Guidelines for Privileging for Robotic-Assisted Gynecologic Laparoscopy

August 2013
AAGL Practice Report: Practice Guidelines for Laparoscopic Subtotal/Supracervical Hysterectomy (LSH)

March 2013
AAGL Practice Report: Practice Guidelines for the Management of Hysteroscopic Distending Media

January 2013
AAGL Position Statement: Robotic-Assisted Laparoscopic Surgery in Benign Gynecology

July 2012
AAGL Practice Report: Practice Guidelines for Intraoperative Cystoscopy in Laparoscopic Hysterectomy

March 2012
AAGL Practice Report: Practice Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Submucous Leiomyomas

January 2012
AAGL Practice Report: Practice Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Endometrial Polyps

January 2011
AAGL Position Statement: Route of Hysterectomy to Treat Benign Uterine Disease

January 2010
AAGL Practice Report: Practice Guidelines for Management of Intrauterine Synechiae