Treatment following hysteroscopy and endometrial diagnostic biopsy increases chance for live birth in women with chronic endometritis

Autor: Michael D. Mueller, Tessa Gillon, Alexandra S. Kohl Schwartz, Sheila Meier, Michael von Wolff, V Mitter, Tilman T. Rau, Marcel Zwahlen
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
Předmět:
Pregnancy Rate
Biopsy
time to live birth
chronic endometritis
Pregnancy
Risk Factors
Immunology and Allergy
610 Medicine & health
recurrent pregnancy loss
medicine.diagnostic_test
Obstetrics
Hazard ratio
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Clinical Reproductive Immunology
Anti-Bacterial Agents
Treatment Outcome
Hysteroscopy
Original Article
Female
Live birth
Live Birth
360 Social problems & social services
Adult
Infertility
Abortion
Habitual

medicine.medical_specialty
Immunology
Endometriosis
Risk Assessment
plasma cells
Predictive Value of Tests
medicine
Humans
Embryo Implantation
Retrospective Studies
endometrial diagnostic biopsy
business.industry
Proportional hazards model
repeated implantation failure
medicine.disease
Time-to-Pregnancy
Reproductive Medicine
Chronic Disease
time to pregnancy
business
Chronic Endometritis
Zdroj: Mitter, Vera R.; Meier, Sheila; Rau, Tilman T.; Gillon, Tessa; Mueller, Michael D.; Zwahlen, Marcel; von Wolff, Michael; Kohl Schwartz, Alexandra S. (2021). Treatment following hysteroscopy and endometrial diagnostic biopsy increases chance for live birth in women with chronic endometritis. American journal of reproductive immunology, 86(5), e13482. Blackwell Publishing 10.1111/aji.13482
American Journal of Reproductive Immunology
DOI: 10.1111/aji.13482
Popis: Problem Repeated implantation failure and recurrent pregnancy loss are associated with chronic endometritis, a persistent endometrial inflammation. Its diagnosis and treatment may increase pregnancy and live birth rates. The aim of this study was to assess the effectiveness of endometrial diagnostic biopsy and subsequent antibiotic treatment in cases of chronic endometritis on reproductive outcomes over a long observation period. Method of Study We conducted a historical cohort study (2014–2018) at our University‐based infertility center that included women (n = 108) with repeated implantation failure or recurrent pregnancy loss without known pathologies associated with either condition. Forty‐one women underwent a hysteroscopy only (reference group); the remaining 67 women underwent, in addition to the hysteroscopy, an endometrial diagnostic biopsy with immunohistochemically staining for CD138 to detect plasma cells (biopsy group). If one or more plasma cells were detected, the women were treated with doxycycline 100 mg twice a day orally for 2 weeks. We performed stratified survival analysis (Kaplan‐Meier) and Cox regression. Results The biopsy group had higher chances of pregnancy (hazard ratio 2.28; 95% confidence interval 1.23–4.24; p = .009) and of live birth (hazard ratio 2.76; 95% confidence interval 1.30–5.87; p = .008) compared with the reference group. In the sensitivity analysis, repeated implantation failure or recurrent pregnancy loss did not affect the outcome. Conclusion Endometrial diagnostic biopsy followed by antibiotic treatment in case of chronic endometritis in women with repeated implantation failure or recurrent pregnancy loss may increase the chances for live birth.
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