• 1. Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanchang 330004, P.R.China;
  • 2. Affiliated Hospital of Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanchang 330006, P.R.China;
XIONG Jun, Email: xiongjun196071@163.com
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Objective To systematically review the efficacy of acupuncture for PCOS infertility.Methods PubMed, EMbase, The Cochrane Library, CNKI, WanFang Data, VIP and CBM databases were electronically searched to collect randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of acupuncture for PCOS infertility from inception to January 5th, 2020. Two reviewers independently screened literature, extracted data and assessed risk of bias of included studies. Meta-analysis was then performed using RevMan 5.3 software.Results A total of 28 RCTs involving 2 192 patients were included. The results of meta-analysis showed that compared with western medicine alone, acupuncture could increase the pregnancy rate (RR=1.80, 95%CI 1.45 to 2.23, P<0.000 01) and ovulation rate (RR=1.33, 95%CI 1.15 to 1.54, P=0.000 1), and reduce levels of LH (SMD=−0.62, 95%CI −0.96 to −0.28, P=0.000 4) and LH/FSH (SMD=−0.65, 95%CI −1.02 to −0.29, P=0.000 5). Acupuncture combined with western medicine could increase the pregnancy rate (RR=1.75, 95% CI 1.50 to 2.03, P<0.000 01) and ovulation rate (RR=1.29, 95%CI 1.18 to 1.41, P<0.000 01), decrease levels of LH (SMD=−1.09, 95%CI −1.64 to −0.53, P=0.000 1), LH/FSH (SMD=−1.30, 95%CI −2.35 to −0.25, P=0.02), and levels of T (SMD=−1.13, 95%CI −1.59 to −0.66, P<0.000 01).Conclusions Current evidence shows that acupuncture alone or combined with western medicine can significantly improve ovulation rate, pregnancy rate and reduce hormone level. Due to limited quality and quantity of the included studies, more high-quality studies are required to verify above conclusions.

Citation: HUANG Shouqiang, XU Haiyan, XIONG Jun, XIANG Jie, HUA Fanghui. Efficacy of acupuncture for PCOS infertility: a systematic review. Chinese Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine, 2021, 21(4): 431-437. doi: 10.7507/1672-2531.202009166 Copy

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