Antibiotic prophylaxis vs no treatment or placebo
Wound infection (episiotomy dehiscence) · Women who had normal vaginal births
It is very uncertain whether routine antibiotic prophylaxis changes wound infection (episiotomy dehiscence) compared with no treatment or placebo (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
- Routine antibiotic prophylaxis after normal vaginal birth for reducing maternal infectious morbidity 2017 · Cochrane Headline outcomes onlyRR 0.78 [0.31, 1.96]2 studies · 1364 participantsVery low