Still No Substantial Evidence to Use Prophylactic Antibiotic at Operative Vaginal Delivery: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Figure 2

The relative risk of operative vaginal delivery to maternal sepsis as compared to other modes of delivery, redeveloped from Acosta et al.’s study 3 ( values for uncomplicated sepsis, severe sepsis, and septic shock in relation to mode of delivery were <0.0001, 0.001, and 0.006, respectively) (N = 1,622,474).