Endometrial scratching during hysteroscopy in women undergoing in vitro fertilization: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Endometrial scratching (ES) during hysteroscopy before embryotransfer (ET) remains doubtable on whether it benefits the reproductive outcomes. The optimal technique is not clear and repeated implantation failure as a challenging field in in vitro fertilization (IVF) seems to be the springboard for clinicians to test its effectiveness.

Methods

Medline, PMC, ScienceDirect, Scopus, CENTRAL, Google Scholar were searched from their inception up to April 2023 for studies to evaluate the effectiveness of adding endometrial scratching during hysteroscopy before ET.

Results

The initial search yielded 959 references, while 12 eligible studies were included in the analyses, involving 2,213 patients. We found that hysteroscopy and concurrent ES before ET resulted

SUBMITTER: Papanikolaou E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10546045 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature