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Factors affecting pregnancy outcomes following the surgical removal of intrauterine adhesions and subsequent in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer

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    • Xuechun Wang
    • Jingsong Yi
    • Xi Xie
    • Shengrong Du
    • Liying Li
    • Xiuqiong Zheng
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    Affiliations: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Fujian Provincial Maternity and Children's Hospital, Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, Fujian 350001, P.R. China, Assisted Reproductive Technologies Research Institute, Fujian Provincial Maternity and Children's Hospital, Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, Fujian 350001, P.R. China
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       https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2019.7935
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This study aimed to investigate the clinical factors affecting pregnancy rates following the surgical removal of intrauterine adhesions (IUAs) and subsequent in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer (IVF‑ET). We retrospectively evaluated case data from patients who had undergone hysteroscopic surgery to remove varying degrees of IUAs and who had subsequently received assisted reproductive treatments with IVF‑ET (in all 140 cycles) at our hospital between January, 2011 and January, 2015. The patient data were divided into either the pregnancy or non‑pregnancy groups based on the pregnancy outcomes, and a number of clinicopathological variables were compared these two groups, such as age, infertility (type and duration), the number of prior surgical treatments for and severity of IUAs, the baseline follicle‑stimulating hormone/luteinizing hormone (FSH/LH) ratio and estradiol level, endometrial thickness on the day of human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) administration, etc. We selected the variables with statistically significant differences to generate multivariate logistic regression and linear correlation analyses. We found that i) the mean endometrial thickness on the day of hCG administration was greater in the pregnancy group, and that the average gestational age was younger than that in the non‑pregnancy group. The different age groups had significantly different pregnancy rates. The mean baseline FSH/LH ratio of the women in the pregnancy group was lower than that in the women in the non‑pregnancy group. The number of embryos transferred in the pregnancy group was higher than that in the non‑pregnancy group. However, the other variables exhibited similar values between these two groups. ii) Our multivariate logistic regression analyses revealed that age and endometrial thickness on the day of hCG administration had significant effects on the pregnancy outcome. The baseline FSH/LH ratio and the number of embryos transferred were similar between the groups. On the whole, age and endometrial thickness on the day of hCG administration are the most important predictors of pregnancy outcome in the patients undergoing IVF‑ET following the surgical removal of IUAs. Importantly however, the identification of effective methods with which to improve the endometrial thickness and the ovarian response in patients with diminished ovarian reserves warrants further investigation in future research.
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Wang, X., Yi, J., Xie, X., Du, S., Li, L., & Zheng, X. (2019). Factors affecting pregnancy outcomes following the surgical removal of intrauterine adhesions and subsequent in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer. Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine, 18, 3675-3680. https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2019.7935
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Wang, X., Yi, J., Xie, X., Du, S., Li, L., Zheng, X."Factors affecting pregnancy outcomes following the surgical removal of intrauterine adhesions and subsequent in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer". Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine 18.5 (2019): 3675-3680.
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Wang, X., Yi, J., Xie, X., Du, S., Li, L., Zheng, X."Factors affecting pregnancy outcomes following the surgical removal of intrauterine adhesions and subsequent in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer". Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine 18, no. 5 (2019): 3675-3680. https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2019.7935
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Wang X, Yi J, Xie X, Du S, Li L and Zheng X: Factors affecting pregnancy outcomes following the surgical removal of intrauterine adhesions and subsequent in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer. Exp Ther Med 18: 3675-3680, 2019.
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Wang, X., Yi, J., Xie, X., Du, S., Li, L., & Zheng, X. (2019). Factors affecting pregnancy outcomes following the surgical removal of intrauterine adhesions and subsequent in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer. Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine, 18, 3675-3680. https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2019.7935
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Wang, X., Yi, J., Xie, X., Du, S., Li, L., Zheng, X."Factors affecting pregnancy outcomes following the surgical removal of intrauterine adhesions and subsequent in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer". Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine 18.5 (2019): 3675-3680.
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Wang, X., Yi, J., Xie, X., Du, S., Li, L., Zheng, X."Factors affecting pregnancy outcomes following the surgical removal of intrauterine adhesions and subsequent in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer". Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine 18, no. 5 (2019): 3675-3680. https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2019.7935
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