Patients benefit from many of the advantages of laparoscopic surgery when compared with open surgery for benign disease, such as a quicker recovery with a shorter hospital stay, less intra-operative blood loss, risk of infection and post-operative pain. However, specimen retrieval at laparoscopic surgery, especially of fibroids and uteri poses a challenge in view of the 2014 FDA warning regarding leiomyosarcoma dissemination with power morcellation. This discussion will explore the latest evidence on this topic and compare the risks and benefits of different techniques: power, vaginal and in-bag morcellation, in addition to other methods of specimen retrieval, such as pfanennsteil incision and posterior colpotomy, incorporating video demonstrations.