Should we stop offering endometrial scratching prior to in vitro fertilization?

Fertile Battle

Fertility and Sterility

Editorial Office, American Society for Reproductive Medicine

Published Jun 01, 2019

Volume 111, Issue 6, Pages 1094–1101

Authors:

Sarah Lensen, Ph.D., Christos Venetis, M.D., Ph.D., Ernest H.Y. Ng, M.B.B.S., M.D., Steven L. Young, M.D., Ph.D., Amerigo Vitagliano, M.D., Nicholas S. Macklon, M.D., Ph.D., Cynthia Farquhar, M.B.Ch.B., M.D., M.P.H.

Abstract:

PRO: We should stop offering endometrial scratching before in vitro fertilization

CON: We should not stop offering endometrial scratching before in vitro fertilization

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Should we stop offering endometrial scratching prior to in vitro fertilization?

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Fertility and Sterility

Editorial Office, American Society for Reproductive Medicine

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Comments

almost 2 years ago

We should not stop offering endometrial scratching prior to in vitro fertilization at this stage. Any clinical recommendation taken in this regard should await a multi-center controlled randomized trial of endometrial scratch performed using one identical protocol of treatment on a selected group of IVF patients to whom embryos of a single specific developmental stage are transferred. Conclusions made otherwise may be premature, not benefiting, but rather harming IVF patients.