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BACKGROUND: We performed a retrospective chart review in 2006 to review oncology patients' use of banked semen samples in fertility treatments at a tertiary care centre. METHODS: From 2002 to 2005, 367 oncology patients banked semen. During the same period, 31 patients used banked samples in 48 treatment cycles.

Effectiveness of cervical cerclage for a sonographically shortened cervix: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of cerclage for a shortened cervix on transvaginal ultrasound scanning in terms of the rates of preterm delivery and adverse neonatal and maternal outcomes.

Study Design: Pre-MEDLINE and MEDLINE, EMBASE, and the Cochrane Library were searched for human studies that compared cerclage placement to no cerclage on the basis of transvaginal ultrasound findings of a short cervix (< or =2.5 cm).