Pregnancy outcomes of women randomized to receive real versus placebo acupuncture on the day of fresh or frozen-thawed embryo transfer

Acupuncture is commonly used in various aspect of Western medicine in recent years including in-vitro fertilization (IVF) treatment. Although there are many clinical trials of acupuncture in IVF and the Cochrane meta-analysis did not find benefit of adjuvant acupuncture for IVF, there is no report on the pregnancy outcomes of women who had received acupuncture during their IVF treatment.

Source: European Journal of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Biology - September 22, 2017 Category: OBGYN Authors: Mimi T.Y. Seto, Ka Wang Cheung, Tsz Kin Lo, Ernest H.Y. Ng Tags: Full length article Source Type: research