The Effect of Endometrial Scratch on Pregnancy Rate in Women with Previous Intrauterine Insemination Failure: a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials

Saeed Baradwan, Majed Saeed Alshahrani, Rayan AlSghan, Waleed H. Alkhamis, Saud Abdullah Alsharif, Gharam Abdulrahman Alanazi, Rania Mahfouz Abdelwahed, Eman A. Alkholy, Mahmoud Fouad, Mohamed Saleh, Manal G. Abdelati, Hosam Eldin Mohamad Alazazy, Mohamed A. Elsenity, Ahmed Mohamed Abdelhakim, Mohamed Abdelsattar Mohamed, Ahmed M. Abbas, Eman M. Mojahed

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Abstract

The objective of this study was to evaluate the impact of endometrial scratch on the pregnancy rate among women with previous failed intrauterine insemination (IUI). A systematic search was done in PubMed, Cochrane Library, Scopus, and ISI web of science from inception to November 2021. We selected randomized clinical trials (RCTs) that compared endometrial scratch in the intervention group versus placebo or no intervention in the control group among infertile women with previous failure of IUI regarding different pregnancy outcomes. Revman software was utilized for performing our meta-analysis. Our main outcomes were biochemical pregnancy, clinical pregnancy, and live birth rates. Five RCTs met our inclusion criteria with a total number of 989 patients. We found endometrial scratch significantly improved the biochemical and clinical pregnancy rates in comparison with the control group among women with previous IUI failure (p < 0.001). Moreover, the live birth rate was significantly increased among the endometrial scratch group (RR = 2.00, 95% CI [1.20, 3.34], p = 0.008). In conclusion, endometrial scratch is effective in improving pregnancy outcomes among women with previous IUI failure. More trials are required to confirm our findings.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1399-1407
Number of pages9
JournalReproductive Sciences
Volume30
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - May 2023

Keywords

  • Endometrial scratch
  • Intrauterine insemination failure
  • IUI failure
  • Pregnancy rate

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