Repairing and Regenerating Injured Endometrium Methods

Reprod Sci. 2023 Jun;30(6):1724-1736. doi: 10.1007/s43032-022-01108-5. Epub 2023 Jan 18.

Abstract

Good endometrium is the prerequisite and guarantee for reproduction and maternal and child health. Endometrial injury caused by operation or non-operation can lead to menstrual irregularities, amenorrhea, abortion, infertility, and other gynecological diseases to bother women. Intrauterine adhesions (IUA) and thin endometrium are common diseases caused by abnormal repair after endometrium damage. The incidence of IUA is not low after uterine operative surgery, and the recurrence is pretty high after uterine adhesiolysis. At present, there were many methods for endometrial repair in clinic or in the laboratory, but the efficacy was different from methods to methods. They are mainly including estrogen therapy, stem cell therapy, complementary medicine therapy, and some physical barrier therapy. In order to guide the effective repair and regeneration of endometrium in clinic, this paper reviews the merit and demerit of these methods for endometrium regeneration and repair that have been proved to be effective in experiments and clinical in recent years.

Keywords: Asherman’s syndrome/intrauterine adhesion; Complementary medicine; Estrogen and progesterone; Repair of endometrium injury; Stem cells and exosomes.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Child
  • Endometrium / pathology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Infertility*
  • Pregnancy
  • Regeneration
  • Tissue Adhesions / pathology
  • Uterine Diseases* / pathology
  • Uterus