Endometrial scratch injury before intrauterine insemination: is it time to re-evaluate its value? Evidence from a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Autor: Amerigo Vitagliano, Marco Noventa, Giovanni Battista Nardelli, Attilio Di Spiezio Sardo, Carlo Saccardi, Antonio Simone Laganà, Gabriele Saccone, Salvatore Giovannni Vitale, Salvatore Gizzo, Pietro Litta
Přispěvatelé: Vitagliano, Amerigo, Noventa, Marco, Saccone, Gabriele, Gizzo, Salvatore, Vitale, Salvatore Giovannni, Laganã , Antonio Simone, Litta, Pietro Salvatore, Saccardi, Carlo, Nardelli, Giovanni Battista, Di Spiezio Sardo, Attilio
Rok vydání: 2018
Předmět:
Male
endometrial scratch
law.invention
Miscarriage
Endometrium
0302 clinical medicine
Randomized controlled trial
Pregnancy
Risk Factors
law
Odds Ratio
Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
intrauterine insemination
media_common
Evidence-Based Medicine
030219 obstetrics & reproductive medicine
Ectopic pregnancy
Obstetrics
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Pregnancy
Ectopic

Treatment Outcome
030220 oncology & carcinogenesis
Female
pregnancy rate
Pregnancy
Multiple

infertility
Adult
medicine.medical_specialty
Adolescent
Reproductive Techniques
Assisted

media_common.quotation_subject
Endometrial injury
endometrial scratch
infertility
intrauterine insemination
pregnancy rate

Subgroup analysis
Young Adult
03 medical and health sciences
medicine
Humans
Embryo Implantation
Menstrual cycle
Gynecology
Chi-Square Distribution
business.industry
Endometrial injury
Reproductive Medicine
Odds ratio
medicine.disease
Abortion
Spontaneous

Pregnancy rate
Fertility
business
Zdroj: Fertility and Sterility. 109:84-96.e4
ISSN: 0015-0282
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2017.09.021
Popis: OBJECTIVE: To assess the impact of endometrial scratch injury (ESI) on the outcomes of intrauterine insemination (IUI) stimulated cycles. DESIGN: Systematic review and meta-analysis. SETTING: Not applicable. PATIENT(S): Infertile women undergoing one or more IUI stimulated cycles. INTERVENTION(S): Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) were identified by searching electronic databases. We included RCTs comparing ESI (i.e., intervention group) during the course of IUI stimulated cycle (C-ESI) or during the menstrual cycle preceding IUI treatment (P-ESI) with controls (no endometrial scratch). The summary measures were reported as odds ratio (OR) with 95% confidence-interval (CI). MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S): Clinical pregnancy rate, ongoing pregnancy rate, multiple pregnancy rate, ectopic pregnancy rate, miscarriage rate. RESULT(S): Eight trials were included in the meta-analysis, comprising a total of 1,871 IUI cycles. Endometrial scratch injury was associated with a higher clinical pregnancy rate (OR 2.27) and ongoing pregnancy rate (OR 2.04) in comparison with the controls. No higher risk of multiple pregnancy (OR 1.09), miscarriage (OR 0.80), or ectopic pregnancy (OR 0.82) was observed in patients receiving ESI. Subgroup analysis based on ESI timing showed higher clinical pregnancy rate (OR 2.57) and ongoing pregnancy rate (OR 2.27) in patients receiving C-ESI and no advantage in patients receiving P-ESI. CONCLUSION(S): Available data suggest that ESI performed once, preferably during the follicular phase of the same cycle of IUI with flexible aspiration catheters, may improve clinical pregnancy and ongoing pregnancy rates in IUI cycles. Endometrial scratch injury does not appear to increase the risk of multiple pregnancy, miscarriage, or ectopic pregnancy.
Databáze: OpenAIRE