Findings

What do systematic reviews say?

4 questions · 4 findings · 1 reviews · Gynaecology and Fertility

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Antibiotics vs placebo

Pelvic infection · women having elective abdominal hysterectomy

Antibiotics probably leads to lower pelvic infection compared with placebo (moderate certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Antibiotic prophylaxis for elective hysterectomy 2017 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 0.5 [0.35, 0.71]
11 studies · 1883 participants
Moderate

Antibiotics vs placebo

Pelvic infection · women having elective vaginal hysterectomy

Antibiotics probably leads to lower pelvic infection compared with placebo (moderate certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Antibiotic prophylaxis for elective hysterectomy 2017 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 0.28 [0.2, 0.39]
11 studies · 1693 participants
Moderate

Intervention not reported

Total postoperative infections ‐ early and late Urinary tract infection Pelvic infection Other serious infections Postoperative fever · women having elective vaginal hysterectomy

It is very uncertain whether the intervention changes total postoperative infections ‐ early and late Urinary tract… (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Antibiotic prophylaxis for elective hysterectomy 2017 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
2 studies · 470 participants
Very low

Intervention not reported

Total postoperative infections ‐ early and late Abdominal wound infection Urinary tract infection Pelvic infection Other serious infections Postoperative fever · women having elective abdominal hysterectomy

1 finding from 1 review

Antibiotic prophylaxis for elective hysterectomy 2017 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
1 study · 220 participants
Very low