Clinical outcome analysis of different programmes of frozen embryo transfer in patients with thin endometrium
LI Xin, XIE Qijun, ZHAO Chun, LING Xiu Feng, SU Yan, JI XiaoYuan, DING Hui
Center of Reproduction Medicine, Nanjing Maternal and Child Health Care Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing Meternity and ChildHealth Care Hospital, Nanjing 210004, China
Abstract:Objective To compare the pregnancy outcomes of three endometrial preparation schemes:natural cycle (NC), hormone replacement cycle (HRT) and hyporegulation + hormone replacement cycle in freeze-thaw embryo transfer (FET). Methods Patients who underwent FET in the reproductive medicine center of Nanjing Maternal and child health care institute affiliated to Nanjing Medical University from August 2018 to July 2019 were selected. Patients with endometrial thickness less than 8 mm on the day of transplantation were selected as the study objects for retrospective study. According to the endometrial preparation plan, they were divided into three groups:HRT group, down regulation + HRT group and natural cycle group. Results There were no significant differences in age, infertility time, body mass index (BMI), basal follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH), basal luteinizing hormone (LH), basal estradiol (E2), number of transplanted embryos and proportion of blastocyst among the three groups. There was no significant differences in endometrial thickness, biochemical pregnancy rate, abortion rate and ectopic pregnancy rate on the day of transplantation among the three groups, while the clinical pregnancy rate (56.9%) and embryo implantation rate (40.0%) in natural cycle group were slightly higher than those in HRT group (44.7% vs 32.7%) and down regulation + HRT group (50.5%, vs 35.2%). Univariate analysis showed that the probability of clinical pregnancy in NC group was higher than that in HRT group; Multivariate analysis showed that the probability of clinical pregnancy in NC group was 2.11 times higher than that in HRT group, and the difference was statistically significant. ROC curve (subject working curve) found that the area under the ROC curve of endometrial thickness was 0.579, and the difference was statistically significant (P<0.05). The maximum Youden index (yoden index) was 0.160. Thin endometrium achieved better clinical pregnancy outcome, and the cut-off value was 0.705 cm. Conclusion In the endometrial preparation scheme of FET in patients with thin endometrium, the NC implantation rate is higher than that of HRT and down regulation + HRT, but there is no significant difference in pregnancy outcome; After excluding confounding factors, the pregnancy outcome of NC was higher than that of HRT. Clinically, the appropriate scheme can be selected according to the characteristics of patients.
李欣, 谢奇君, 赵纯, 凌秀凤, 苏雁, 季晓媛, 丁卉. 影响薄型子宫内膜冻融胚胎移植妊娠结局的相关因素分析[J]. 中国生育健康杂志, 2022, 33(4): 305-310.
LI Xin, XIE Qijun, ZHAO Chun, LING Xiu Feng, SU Yan, JI XiaoYuan, DING Hui. Clinical outcome analysis of different programmes of frozen embryo transfer in patients with thin endometrium. Chinese Journal of Reproductive Health, 2022, 33(4): 305-310.
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