Acupuncture With In Vitro Fertilization: True Help or False Hope?

摘要

According to the 2002 National Survey of Family Growth,1 7.3 million, or 11.9% of women age 15 to 44 years, have received infertility services. The American Society for Reproductive Medicine/Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology Registry2 most recently reported physicians initiating 108,130 cycles of assisted reproductive technology (ART) treatment. Of these, 79,042 cycles involved in vitro fertilization (IVF), with a delivery rate of 31.6% per retrieval.