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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>0300-9041</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Ginecología y obstetricia de México]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Ginecol. obstet. Méx.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0300-9041</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Federación Mexicana de Colegios de Obstetricia y Ginecología A.C.]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S0300-90412021000300007</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.24245/gom.v89i3.4827</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[¿Fertilización in vitro o conversión a inseminación intrauterina en baja reserva? Revisión sistemática y metanálisis]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Intrauterine insemination versus in vitro fertilization in poor responders: a systematic review and meta-analysis]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Rodríguez-Purata]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Jorge]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Gómez-Cuesta]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[María José]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Cervantes-Bravo]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Enrique]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aaf"/>
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</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Clínica de la Fertilidad &#8220;CdelaF&#8221;  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Ciudad de México ]]></addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Centro Médico ABC  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Ciudad de México ]]></addr-line>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>00</month>
<year>2021</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>00</month>
<year>2021</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>89</volume>
<numero>3</numero>
<fpage>232</fpage>
<lpage>246</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0300-90412021000300007&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0300-90412021000300007&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0300-90412021000300007&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen  OBJETIVO:  Determinar si en pacientes con baja respuesta ovárica la continuación del procedimiento de fertilización in vitro se asocia con aumento de la tasa de nacidos vivos versus la conversión a inseminación intrauterina.  METODOLOGÍA:  Búsqueda sistemática de estudios con reporte de tasa de nacidos vivos en las principales bases de datos. La evaluación de la calidad de los estudios se hizo con la puntuación de la escala Newcastle-Ottawa (NOS). Se realizó un análisis de subgrupos por respuesta folicular.  RESULTADOS:  Se recuperaron 28 citas pero solo se analizaron 7 que incluían datos de 3398 pacientes-ciclos. La puntuación promedio de calidad NOS fue de 9 versus la conversión del ciclo en una inseminación intrauterina. Las mujeres con baja respuesta ovárica a la estimulación, durante un ciclo de fertilización in vitro, que continuaron con la recuperación de ovocitos y la transferencia de embriones tuvieron mayor probabilidad de un nacido vivo: 9.2% vs 3.7%. En el análisis por respuesta folicular, la fertilización in vitro fue superior, excepto cuando se observó una respuesta monofolicular: 3.6% con fertilización in vitro vs 2.7%.  CONCLUSIÓN:  En pacientes con baja respuesta ovárica (&#8804; 4 folículos) durante un ciclo de fertilización in vitro, la persistencia con ésta se asoció con mayores probabilidades de lograr un nacido vivo versus la conversión a inseminación intrauterina, excepto en ciclos con una respuesta monofolicular, donde la conversión del ciclo en una inseminación intrauterina parece más juiciosa, en virtud de que las probabilidades de un nacido vivo son similares y no se necesitan procedimientos quirúrgicos ni de anestesia.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract  OBJECTIVE:  To determine whether in patients with low ovarian response the continuation of the in vitro fertilization procedure is associated with increased live birth rates versus conversion to intrauterine insemination.  METHODOLOGY:  Systematic search of studies with reported live birth rates in major databases. Quality assessment of studies was done using the Newcastle-Ottawa Scale (NOS) score. Subgroup analysis by follicular response was performed.  RESULTS:  Twenty-eight citations were retrieved from which 18 were chosen and only 7 including data from 3398 patient-cycles (in vitro fertilization: 2115; IUI: 1283) were analyzed. The mean NOS quality score was 9 versus cycle conversion to intrauterine insemination. Women with low ovarian response to stimulation, during an in vitro fertilization cycle, who continued with oocyte retrieval and embryo transfer were more likely to have a live birth: 9.2% versus 3.7% (OR 3.15 (95%CI: 2.26-4.41)). In analysis by follicular response, in vitro fertilization was superior, except when a monofollicular response was observed: 3.6% with in vitro fertilization vs 2.7% (OR 1.02 (95%CI: 0.37-2.84)).  CONCLUSION:  In patients with low ovarian response (&#8804; 4 follicles) during an in vitro fertilization cycle, persistence with in vitro fertilization is associated with higher odds of achieving a live birth versus conversion to intrauterine insemination, except in cycles with a monofollicular response, where conversion of the cycle to intrauterine insemination seems more judicious, since the odds of a live birth are similar and no surgical procedures or anesthesia are needed.]]></p></abstract>
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