Trends in instrument preference for operative vaginal delivery in a tertiary referral center: 2008-2021.

Objective: To examine temporal trends in operative vaginal deliveries as well as the ratio between vacuum and forceps deliveries over 15 years in a large tertiary hospital.

Methods: This retrospective study assessed prospectively collected data from 2008 to 2021. Women with greater than 37 weeks of gestation who underwent an operative vaginal delivery were included.