Volume : 7, Issue : 1, January - 2018

Assisted Reproduction Techniques and Acupuncture: Is it better? Literature review

Israel Obed Carmona Ruiz, Pau Forcada Caballe

Abstract :

<p>&nbsp;<b><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;&#10;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Camia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&#10;Camia;mso-bidi-font-family:Camia;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:&#10;EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">Objective</span></i></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Camia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;&#10;mso-fareast-font-family:Camia;mso-bidi-font-family:Camia;mso-ansi-language:&#10;EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">: to review the role of acupuncture as a coadjutant therapy in assisted reproduction techniques (ART). <b><i>Material and method</i></b>: we used the search engines: Medline, Pubmed, Pubmed Central and Google Scholar; with the following keywords: &ldquo;acupuncture in vitro fertilization&rdquo;, &ldquo;acupuncture ivf&rdquo;, &ldquo;acupuncture infertility&rdquo;, &ldquo;traditional Chinese medicine ivf&rdquo;, &ldquo;complementary medicine ivf&rdquo;. <b><i>Results</i></b>: we found 189 articles and only 45 were selected. There were also 22 reviews and 7 metaanalysis from which we included 15 and 4 respectively. <b><i>Conclusions</i></b>: The role of acupuncture as a coadjutant therapy in ART remains controversial. Future research should focus into following international guidelines in order to obtain clear and consistent results and reproducibility</span></p>