Efficacy of acupuncture in the treatment of anovulation from January 2010 to December 2013

Authors

  • María de los Ángeles De Oro Collazo
  • Oilén Hernández Guerra
  • Orlando García Fundora
  • Silvia Bárbara Álvarez González

Abstract

Introduction: Sterility is as old as human history. Infertility is defined as the inability of a couple to conceive after 12 months of unprotected intercourse.

Method: An experimental study, phase IV clinical trial, patients from the infertility department in the Provincial General Teaching Hospital of Morón from January 2010 to December 2013 whose cause was the anovulation from ovarian origin. After meet the inclusion and exclusion criteria, two groups were formed: one treated with acupuncture (study group) and the other with conventional treatment (control group), which was evaluated at three months, six months and a year of treatment, which was demonstrated the presence or absence of ovulation.

Results: It was found that the acupunctural treatment proved effective for a 91.7% of the patients, while conventional treatment was effective in 70%. It was obtained a 66.6% of pregnancies in the study group, while in the control group a 58.3%. Complications predominated in the group with treatment with a 61.6%.

Conclusions: Patients treated with traditional medicine, strengthen their health and balance their endocrine system. They also become pregnant and recover more easily, by what constitutes an alternative to avoid the use of hormones and with them their side effects and complications

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

Author Biographies

María de los Ángeles De Oro Collazo

Especialista de 1er Grado en Ginecología y Obstetricia. Máster en Atención Integral a la Mujer. Máster en Medicina tradicional y Bioenergética. Profesor Asistente

Oilén Hernández Guerra

Especialista de 2do Grado en Neurocirugía. Máster en Urgencias Médicas.

Orlando García Fundora

Especialista de 1er Grado en Ginecología y Obstetricia

Silvia Bárbara Álvarez González

Estudiante de 5to Año de la carrera de Medicina
2015; Vol. 21, No. 1

Downloads

Published

2015-01-19

How to Cite

1.
De Oro Collazo M de los Ángeles, Hernández Guerra O, García Fundora O, Álvarez González SB. Efficacy of acupuncture in the treatment of anovulation from January 2010 to December 2013. Mediciego [Internet]. 2015 Jan. 19 [cited 2025 Dec. 5];21(1). Available from: https://revmediciego.sld.cu/index.php/mediciego/article/view/92

Issue

Vol. 21 No. 1 (2015)

Section

Original article

License

Those authors who have publications with this journal accept the following terms of the License CC Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0):

You are free to:

  • Share — copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format for any purpose, even commercially.
  • Adapt — remix, transform, and build upon the material for any purpose, even commercially.

The licensor cannot revoke these freedoms as long as you follow the license terms.

Under the following terms:

  • Attribution — You must give appropriate credit , provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made . You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use
  • No additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.

The journal is not responsible for the opinions and concepts expressed in the works, which are the exclusive responsibility of the authors. The Editor, with the assistance of the Editorial Committee, reserves the right to suggest or request advisable or necessary modifications. Original scientific works are accepted for publication, as are the results of research of interest that have not been published or sent to another journal for the same purpose.

The mention of trademarks of specific equipment, instruments or materials is for identification purposes, and there is no promotional commitment in relation to them, neither by the authors nor by the editor.