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

Israel-Obed Carmona-Ruiz; Pau Forcada Caballe

Volume : VII, Issue : I, January - 2018

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

Israel Obed Carmona Ruiz, Pau Forcada Caballe

Abstract :

Objective: to review the role of acupuncture as a coadjutant therapy in assisted reproduction techniques (ART). Material and method: we used the search engines: Medline, Pubmed, Pubmed Central and Google Scholar; with the following keywords: �acupuncture in vitro fertilization�, �acupuncture ivf�, �acupuncture infertility�, �traditional Chinese medicine ivf�, �complementary medicine ivf�. Results: 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. Conclusions: 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