Ref (type)	Population	Outcome, Interventions	Results and statistical analysis	Effect size	Favours
Intraoperative and postoperative complications
Systematic review	295 women 4 RCTs in this analysis	Unspecified infections or febrile episodes 30/147 (20%) with abdominal hysterectomy 15/148 (10%) with vaginal hysterectomy	OR 0.42 95% CI 0.21 to 0.83	Moderate effect size	vaginal hysterectomy
Systematic review	2138 women 15 RCTs in this analysis	Unspecified infections or febrile episodes 124/925 (13%) with abdominal hysterectomy 125/1213 (10%) with laparoscopic hysterectomy	OR 0.65 95% CI 0.49 to 0.87	Small effect size	laparoscopic hysterectomy