燕海亞,曹小榮,夏松云
·臨床醫(yī)學(xué)· ·論著·
陰道攝入戊酸雌二醇在薄型子宮內(nèi)膜不育癥中的臨床療效分析
燕海亞,曹小榮,夏松云
目的 觀察并評(píng)價(jià)陰道攝入戊酸雌二醇對(duì)女性薄型子宮內(nèi)膜不育癥的臨床治療療效。方法 觀察256例子宮內(nèi)膜過(guò)薄導(dǎo)致不育癥的患者,經(jīng)患者知情同意,按照數(shù)字表法隨機(jī)分為觀察組和對(duì)照組各128例。對(duì)照組采用口服戊酸雌二醇治療,觀察組采用陰道攝入戊酸雌二醇治療,觀察治療前后2組患者排卵日子宮內(nèi)膜厚度變化和血液流變學(xué)改善情況,并隨訪2組患者1年內(nèi)的妊娠及流產(chǎn)情況。結(jié)果 觀察組較對(duì)照組治療后排卵日子宮內(nèi)膜厚度明顯增加,差異有統(tǒng)計(jì)學(xué)意義(P<0.01);觀察組較對(duì)照組治療后排卵日子宮內(nèi)膜血流情況出現(xiàn)明顯改善,差異有統(tǒng)計(jì)學(xué)意義(P<0.05);觀察組治療后1年妊娠率顯著高于對(duì)照組,同時(shí)流產(chǎn)率也顯著低于對(duì)照組,差異均有統(tǒng)計(jì)學(xué)意義(P<0.01或P<0.05)。結(jié)論 采用陰道攝入戊酸雌二醇治療女性薄型子宮內(nèi)膜不育癥,能顯著改善子宮內(nèi)膜厚度及血流情況,明顯提高患者的臨床受孕率,其療效顯著優(yōu)于口服戊酸雌二醇。
戊酸雌二醇;陰道給藥;薄型子宮內(nèi)膜;不育不孕癥;妊娠
不孕癥是婦女的常見(jiàn)和多發(fā)癥狀,近年來(lái),我國(guó)育齡不孕癥發(fā)生率有逐漸上升的趨勢(shì),薄型子宮內(nèi)膜是不孕癥的常見(jiàn)病因之一,也是大部分胚胎植入失敗的主要原因[1]。一定厚度的子宮內(nèi)膜是受精卵植入和受孕的必備條件,而過(guò)薄的子宮內(nèi)膜則會(huì)影響子宮內(nèi)膜容受性,導(dǎo)致胚胎植入率出現(xiàn)降低或流產(chǎn)率增加[2-3]。本研究對(duì)256例薄型子宮內(nèi)膜不育癥患者采用戊酸雌二醇口服或陰道給藥,并觀察比較這2種給藥方式對(duì)患者子宮內(nèi)膜厚度變化和妊娠率的改善情況?,F(xiàn)報(bào)道如下。
1.1 臨床資料 本研究選取2012年4月至2015年4月在寶雞市婦幼保健院婦產(chǎn)科門診確診的薄型子宮內(nèi)膜不孕癥患者256例,本次研究經(jīng)我院倫理委員會(huì)批準(zhǔn),納入的所有患者均簽署知情同意書。按照數(shù)字表法隨機(jī)分為觀察組和對(duì)照組,每組128例。納入標(biāo)準(zhǔn):(1)年齡20~38歲月經(jīng)周期基本正常的患者; (2)常規(guī)陰道B超檢查排卵正常,但排卵日子宮內(nèi)膜厚度小于7.0 mm;(3)B超檢查子宮形態(tài)正常,碘油造影提示至少一側(cè)輸卵管通暢; (4)就診前3個(gè)月內(nèi)未服用任何激素類藥物;(5)患者配偶精液檢查正常。2組患者均為成年女性,平均年齡、不孕年限、月經(jīng)周期、民族和居住地等基線資料比較,差異無(wú)統(tǒng)計(jì)學(xué)意義(P>0.05),具有可比性。見(jiàn)表1。
表1 2組薄型子宮內(nèi)膜不育癥患者基線資料比較(x±s)
項(xiàng)目 觀察組(n=128)對(duì)照組(n=128)P值年齡(歲)28.5±2.928.3±3.10.605不孕年限(年)4.0±1.24.1±1.20.420月經(jīng)周期(d)28.5±2.128.7±2.00.488民族(例)0.606 漢族119121 少數(shù)民族97居住地(例)0.703 農(nóng)村5154 城市7774
1.2 治療方法 對(duì)照組于月經(jīng)周期第10天開始口服戊酸雌二醇(拜耳醫(yī)藥保健有限公司,規(guī)格1 mg×21片),2片/d,卵泡直徑大于14 mm時(shí)改為4片/d,至排卵后改為2片/d,共治療3個(gè)經(jīng)期。觀察組采用陰道攝入戊酸雌二醇治療,每晚1片,卵泡直徑大于14 mm時(shí)改為每晚2片,至排卵后改為每晚1片,共治療3個(gè)經(jīng)期。
1.3 觀察指標(biāo) 觀察2組患者治療前后排卵日子宮內(nèi)膜厚度、子宮內(nèi)膜血流分型及一年內(nèi)妊娠流產(chǎn)情況。內(nèi)膜測(cè)量采用飛利浦彩色多普勒超聲診斷儀(ClearVue580)。子宮內(nèi)膜測(cè)量方法:沿中間矢狀平面顯示子宮剖面,測(cè)量垂直于子宮前后肌層與子宮內(nèi)膜交界面間中線反射波的最大徑距。子宮內(nèi)膜血流情況同樣采用彩色多普勒診斷儀測(cè)定:I型:內(nèi)膜無(wú)血流或血流較少;Ⅱ型:僅內(nèi)膜下有血流;Ⅲ型:內(nèi)膜及內(nèi)膜下均有血流。
1.4 統(tǒng)計(jì)學(xué)處理 應(yīng)用SPSS 19.0統(tǒng)計(jì)軟件進(jìn)行統(tǒng)計(jì)分析。計(jì)量資料以均數(shù)±標(biāo)準(zhǔn)差(x±s)表示,組間比較采用t檢驗(yàn);計(jì)數(shù)資料采用率表示,組間比較采用χ2檢驗(yàn)。P<0.05為差異有統(tǒng)計(jì)學(xué)意義。
2.1 2組患者治療前后排卵日子宮內(nèi)膜厚度比較 觀察組和對(duì)照組患者治療前排卵日子宮內(nèi)膜厚度比較差異無(wú)統(tǒng)計(jì)學(xué)意義(P>0.05),治療后2組患者排卵日子宮內(nèi)膜均顯著增厚,與治療前比較差異有統(tǒng)計(jì)學(xué)意義(P<0.01);觀察組治療后的改善情況明顯優(yōu)于對(duì)照組,差異有統(tǒng)計(jì)學(xué)意義(P<0.05)。見(jiàn)表2。
表2 2組患者治療前后排卵日子宮內(nèi)膜厚度比較(mm,x±s)
組別例數(shù)治療前治療后觀察組1285.56±0.859.32±1.11ab對(duì)照組1285.51±0.928.45±1.30a
注:與治療前比較aP<0.01;與對(duì)照組治療后比較bP<0.05
2.2 2組患者治療前后排卵日子宮內(nèi)膜血流分型比較 2組患者治療前排卵日子宮內(nèi)膜血流分型無(wú)明顯差異(P>0.05),治療后2組患者排卵日子宮內(nèi)膜血流分型均出現(xiàn)一定程度的改善,I型血流分型減少,III型血流分型增多,同時(shí)觀察組的改善情況明顯優(yōu)于對(duì)照組, 差異有統(tǒng)計(jì)學(xué)意義(P<0.05)。見(jiàn)表3。
表3 2組患者治療前后排卵日子宮內(nèi)膜血流分型比較[%(例)]
組別例數(shù)治療前治療后I型II型III型I型II型III型觀察組12819.5(25)59.4(76)21.1(27)4.7(6)56.2(72)39.1(50)ab對(duì)照組12820.3(26)58.6(75)21.1(27)13.3(17)57.0(73)29.7(38)a
注:與治療前比較aP<0.01;與對(duì)照組治療后比較bP<0.05
2.3 2組患者妊娠率和流產(chǎn)率比較 采用戊酸雌二醇口服或陰道給藥治療開展的1年內(nèi),觀察組共有53位患者受孕,而對(duì)照組僅有29位患者受孕,2組患者的1年內(nèi)妊娠率比較,差異有統(tǒng)計(jì)學(xué)意義(P<0.01);同時(shí)2組患者已受孕患者出現(xiàn)流產(chǎn)率比較,差異有統(tǒng)計(jì)學(xué)意義(P<0.05)。見(jiàn)表4。
表4 2組患者妊娠率和流產(chǎn)率比較[%(例)]
組別例數(shù)妊娠率流產(chǎn)率觀察組12841.4(53)a7.5(4)ab對(duì)照組12822.7(29)24.0(7)
注:與對(duì)照組比較aP<0.01,bP<0.05
排卵日子宮內(nèi)膜的厚度是影響胚胎植入的因素之一,有研究[4-5]表明,薄型子宮內(nèi)膜與低妊娠率有顯著相關(guān),一般排卵日子宮內(nèi)膜厚度小于8.0 mm的女性的受孕率明顯降低,即使受孕成功也容易出現(xiàn)流產(chǎn)。目前,臨床上治療薄型子宮內(nèi)膜不孕癥的常用方法主要有手術(shù)治療、激素治療、阿司匹林等血管活性藥物治療和干細(xì)胞治療等[6]。雌激素(E2)是造成子宮內(nèi)膜增生的重要因素之一,一定劑量的E2能促進(jìn)子宮內(nèi)膜生長(zhǎng)和子宮容受性改善[7]。戊酸雌二醇是天然雌二醇的戊酸鹽,與人類內(nèi)源E2結(jié)構(gòu)相同,既可口服,又可陰道給藥,生殖毒理學(xué)研究并未揭示其對(duì)胎兒存在潛在的致畸性[5]。已有研究表明[8],戊酸雌二醇能使子宮內(nèi)膜在短時(shí)間內(nèi)輕度增殖,但大量口服戊酸雌二醇容易產(chǎn)生明顯的不良反應(yīng),包括胃腸道反應(yīng)、乳房脹痛、頭痛、頭暈等,而陰道局部應(yīng)用戊酸雌二醇能有效緩解不良反應(yīng)的癥狀。
本研究觀察分析了2種戊酸雌二醇給藥途徑的療效差異,結(jié)果表明,相較于口服戊酸雌二醇,陰道給藥能顯著改善子宮內(nèi)膜厚度及血流情況,明顯提高患者的臨床受孕率,同時(shí)戊酸雌二醇經(jīng)陰道給藥較口服給藥用量低,有效地避免了經(jīng)口服給藥的胃腸道反應(yīng),口服戊酸雌二醇無(wú)療效的薄型子宮內(nèi)膜不孕癥患者可以嘗試陰道給藥,但給藥途徑造成療效差異的具體作用機(jī)制仍有待于以后進(jìn)一步研究分析。
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(本文編輯:王映紅)
Therapeutic effects of estradiol valerate through vaginal drug delivery in female infertility due to thin endometrium
Yan Haiya, Cao Xiaorong, Xia Songyun
(DepartmentofObstetricsandGynecology,BaojiMaternityandInfantHealthInstitute,Baoji721000,China)
Objective To investigate and evaluate the therapeutic effects of estradiol valerate through vaginal drug delivery in the treatment of female infertility due to thin endometrium.MethodsClose observation was made on the 256 female infertility patients due to thin endometrium. With the knowledge and consent of the patients, the patients were divided into 2 groups, the observation group and the control group. The control group received oral estradiol valerate, while the observation group was treated with estradiol valerate through vaginal drug delivery. Changes in the thickness and blood flow improvement of endometrium in ovulation days were closely observed in the patients of the 2 group. Then, one-year follow-up was made on the pregnancy rate and abortion rate in the patients of the 2 groups.ResultsThe endometrial thickness in the observation group was significantly increased, as compared with that of the control group, with statistical significance (P<0.001). Following treatment, endometrial blood flow in the observation group was obviously improved, when compared with that of the control group, also with statistical significance (P<0.05). One year after treatment, the pregnancy rate of the observation group was significantly higher than that of the control group, and statistical significance could be seen when comparisons were made between the 2 groups (P<0.01). At the same time, the abortion rate of the observation group was obviously lower than that of the control group(P<0.05).ConclusionEstradiol valerate through vaginal delivery in the treatment of female infertility due to thin endometrium could significantly improve the endometrial thickness and blood flow in ovulation days and increase pregnancy rate. The therapeutic effects of vaginal drug delivery were significantly superior to oral administration of estradiol valerate.
Estradiol valerate; Vaginal drug delivery; Thin endometrium; Infertility; Pregnancy
721000 陜西 寶雞,寶雞市婦幼保健院婦科(燕海亞);三原縣人民醫(yī)院(曹小榮);海軍總醫(yī)院婦產(chǎn)科(夏松云)
曹小榮,電子信箱:xiaorongc99@163.com
R711.6
A
10.3969/j.issn.1009-0754.2016.06.019
2016-03-29)