Effects of electroacupuncture on in vitro fertilization and embryo transplantation in the patient of infertility with different syndromes
Zhongguo Zhen Jiu. 2008 Apr;28(4):254-6.
Second Affiliated Hospital of Shandong University of TCM, Jinan, China. cuiwei9996@sohu.com
OBJECTIVE: To probe into effects of electroacupuncture (EA) on in vitro fertilization and embryo transplantation (IVF-ET) in the patient of infertility with different syndromes. METHODS: Among the 126 patients of infertility who received EA for IVF-ET, 52 cases of kidney deficiency type (group A), 44 cases of the liver-qi stagnation type (group B) and 30 cases of phlegm-dampness type (group C) were selected. All of them in the 3 groups were treated with EA before and during controlled ovarian hyper-stimulation, and the effects of EA on the patients in the 3 groups were investigated. RESULTS: The fertility rate, implantation rate and clinical pregnancy rate were 81.3%, 23.5%, 44.1% in group A, 80.5%, 27.8%, 46.5% in group B and 71.9%, 17.1%, 32.7% in group C, respectively, group A and B being better than group C (P<0.05) ; the good quality embryo rate of 70.7% in group B was significantly higher than 57.9% in group C (P<0.05); there were no significant differences in patient's basal condition, the dosage and administration time of gonadotropin, and blood level of estradiol on the day of injection of human chorionic gonadotropin, the number of gained oocytes, oocyte cleavage rate and the number of transplantation embryo among the 3 groups. CONCLUSION: Clinical effects of EA treatment on IVF-ET in the infertility patients of kidney deficiency type and the patients of the liver-qi stagnation type are better than that in the patients of phlegm-dampness type.
