Acupuncture benefits to women with recurrent implantation failure: A propensity score-matched cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The current study aims to assess the effectiveness of acupuncture in improving the live birth rate (LBR), ongoing pregnancy rate (OPR), clinical pregnancy rate (CPR), biochemical pregnancy rate (BPR), and pregnancy loss (early abortion rate, late abortion rate, ectopic pregnancy rate) in patients with recurrent implantation failure (RIF).

Design

This retrospective study compares the outcomes of patients with RIF who underwent frozen embryo transfer (FET) with or without acupuncture.

Setting

The medical records of patients diagnosed with RIF and visiting Chengdu Xi'nan Gynecological Hospital between January 2018 and June 2021 were reviewed. The Chengdu Xi'nan Gynecological Hospital Ethics Committee approved this retrospective study (No. 2021-029).

Partici

SUBMITTER: Gan D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10395475 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature