Effect of electro-acupuncture on clinical outcomes and ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome in in vitro fertilization and embryo transplantation

• Published in: Zhongguo Zhong xi yi jie he za zhi Vol. 34; no. 11; p. 1292
• Main Authors: Hong, Yan-Li, Tan, Yong, Yin, Yan-Yun, Zou, Yi-Jie, Guo, Yin-Hua, Nie, Xiao-Wei
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Chinese
• Published: China 01.11.2014
• Subjects: Electroacupuncture - methods; Embryo Transfer; Estradiol - metabolism; Female; Fertilization in Vitro; Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone - metabolism; Humans; Interleukin-6 - metabolism; Ovarian Hyperstimulation Syndrome - therapy; Ovulation Induction; Pregnancy; Pregnancy Rate; Sperm Injections, Intracytoplasmic; Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A - metabolism
• ISSN: 1003-5370

To observe the effect of electro-acupuncture (EA) on clinical outcomes and the occurrence of ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS) in in vitro fertilization and embryo transplantation. Totally 109 patients who routinely received in vitro fertilization/intracytoplasmic sperm injection (IVF/ICSI) at Reproductive Center were assigned to the control group (56 cases) and the EA group (53 cases) according to even and odd-numbered date. Patients in the control group received controlled ovarian hyperstimulation (COH) referring to GnRH-a long protocol. On the basis of COH, those in the EA group received EA from the day of Gn injection to the day of embryo transfer. Estradiol (E2), vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), interleukin-6 (IL-6), and angiotensin (AT) II were measured in all patients on the day of hCG injection, the day of ovum pick up (OPU), and the day of embryo transfer (ET), respectively. The oocyte retrieval rate, good quality embryo rate, clinical pregnancy rate, the abortion rate, and the occur