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• - Meta-analysis that includes 7 controlled trials (4 RCT, 3 non RCT), with 2062 participants • - Local endometrial injury in the cycle preceeding ovarian stimulation
• - Intervention group 70% more likely to result in clinical pregnancy than controls
• - No significant difference among endometrial injury methods
• - Conclusion: endometrial injury is recommended in repeated implantation failure (RIF)
• - Prospective RCT
• - Patients: 60 infertile women with RIF: 30 with endometrial scratching vs 30 controls • - Results: implantation rate in group 1- 19%, vs 8% in controls
• - No significant difference in the rate of ongoing pregnancies
• - Conclusions favor endometrial scratching
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