Abstract
This article sought to carry out a retrospective analysis of the amount of ligation and vasectomies performed in the state of Sergipe from 2008 to 2019. This is a quantitative, descriptive and retrospective analysis, developed from the collection in the database provided by the Hospital Information System of the Informatics Department of the Unified Health System regarding vasectomy and tubal ligation procedures from 2008 to 2019. The present study included all patients who underwent vasectomy and tubal ligation surgery in Sergipe. 20,358 tubal ligations and 3,706 vasectomies were performed in the studied period. As for spending on hospital services, there was a variation of 184,303.33 to 532,135.96 reais, while the vasectomy was between 21,106.60 and 57.712,97 reais. Regarding hospital stay, the ligation surgery ranged from 1.3 days (31h and 12 minutes) to 1.7 days (40h and 48 minutes), while the vasectomy surgery took between 0.2 days (4h and 48h) minutes) and 0.7 days (16h and 48 minutes). There were 02 deaths due to tubal ligation and none due to vasectomy. During this explored period, a greater number of tubal ligation surgeries is concluded in relation to those of vasectomy, as well as a longer hospital stay. Furthermore, in terms of complications, it was observed that a higher percentage of deaths in the tubal ligation to the detriment of vasectomies.