Effects of Acupuncture on the Outcome of In Vitro Fertilization and Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection: A Randomized, Prospective, Controlled Clinical Study
This study takes two hundred twenty five patients undergoing IVF/ICSI and gives some of them acupuncture on the day of transfer and then again three days later for implantation. The results: those who received acupuncture had an ongoing pregnancy rate of 33% and those who received sham acupuncture had ongoing pregnancy rates of 15%.
Source: American Society For Reporoductive Medicine / Elsevier Inc (Fertility & Sterility, Vol.85, No.5).
Publish Date: May, 2006
