LAI Yuan-yuan, LIU Li-ying, WU Yong-na, et al. Immediate Effect of Electro-acupuncture on Endometrial Blood Flow in Patients with Recurrent Implantation Failure:A Randomized Controlled Trial[J]. Chinese Journal of Integrative Medicine, 2024,30(4):291-298.
LAI Yuan-yuan, LIU Li-ying, WU Yong-na, et al. Immediate Effect of Electro-acupuncture on Endometrial Blood Flow in Patients with Recurrent Implantation Failure:A Randomized Controlled Trial[J]. Chinese Journal of Integrative Medicine, 2024,30(4):291-298. DOI: 10.1007/s11655-024-3758-9.
To investigate the immediate effects of electro-acupuncture (EA) on endometrial blood flow among recurrent implantation failure (RIF) patients.
Methods:
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Eighty RIF patients
enrolled from March 2022 to December 2022
were randomly allocated into either the EA group (40 cases) or the waiting-list (WL) group (40 cases) by using a random number table. The EA group underwent acupuncture at points of Shenting (GV 24)
Baihui (GV 4)
Benshen (GB 13)
bilateral Zigong (EX-CA 1)
Huangshu (KI 16)
Sanyinjiao (SP 6) and Xuehai (SP10)
and electric acupuncture apparatus was connected to EX-CA 1
KI 16
SP 6
and SP 10 with disperse-dense waves at 4/20 Hz frequencies for 30 min after transvaginal ultrasound
while the WL group received no intervention. The primary outcome measured was the endometrial volume blood flow. The secondary outcomes included the bilateral uterine artery index
endometrial volume
endometrial blood flow type
vascular distribution index (VI
MV
) for endometrial and ovary
clinical pregnancy rate
and embryo implantation rate.
Results:
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In the EA group
there was a notable decrease in the bilateral pulsatility index and a significant improvement in the endometrial blood flow type post-EA (
P
<
0.05). Both the endometrial blood flow type and VI
MV
for the endometrium and right ovary were markedly higher in the EA group compared to the WL group post-treatment (
P
<
0.05). Conversely
no significant disparities were observed in vascular index
flow index
vascular blood flow index
uterine arterial blood flow indices
endometrial volume
clinical pregnancy rate and embryo implantation rate between the two groups after treatment (
P
>
0.05). Besides
no adverse events related to EA were observed.
Conclusions:
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EA can promptly ameliorate VI
MV
for the endometrial and right ovary
and endometrial blood flow type. Future randomized controlled trials are warranted to investigate the long-term effects of EA on blood flow of RIF patients and its implications for pregnancy outcomes. (Trial registration No. ChiCTR2200057377)
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Institute of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences
China Center for Evidence-Based Traditional Chinese Medicine, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences
Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University
Center for Evidence-Based Integrative Medicine-Clarity Collaboration, Guang'anmen Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences
Department of Endocrinology, Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine