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June 1, 2009Taiwanese Journal of Obstetrics and GynecologyOpen Access

Electroacupuncture Reduces Uterine Artery Blood Flow Impedance in Infertile Women

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MHMing‐Chih HoLHLi-Chia HuangYCYin-Yi Chang

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Overview

Randomized trial finds electroacupuncture reduces uterine artery blood flow impedance without improving pregnancy rates in women undergoing in vitro fertilization, suggesting limited clinical benefit.

Key Points

  • To assess whether electroacupuncture improves uterine artery blood flow impedance and clinical pregnancy rates in women undergoing in vitro fertilization.
  • Conducted a prospective randomized trial in Taiwan enrolling 44 infertile women undergoing in vitro fertilization, allocated to electroacupuncture (N=30) or no acupuncture (N=14).
  • Delivered 30-minute electroacupuncture sessions twice weekly for 2 weeks, spanning from study day 2 to the day prior to oocyte retrieval.
  • Measured pulsatility index in both the left and right uterine arteries before and after intervention, alongside clinical pregnancy rates.
  • Clinical pregnancy rates did not differ significantly between arms, occurring in 30.0% of the electroacupuncture group versus 28.6% of the non-acupuncture group.
  • Electroacupuncture significantly reduced the mean pulsatility index in both the left (2.3 to 2.0) and right (2.4 to 2.2) uterine arteries.
  • The non-acupuncture control group showed no significant change in pulsatility index for either the left (2.5 to 2.3) or right (2.4 to 2.3) uterine arteries.

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Ho et al. (2009) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a1c764794dbf6307b2fcdc1https://doi.org/10.1016/s1028-4559(09)60276-x
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