TY - JOUR AU - Umber, Aneela PY - 2010/06/26 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Bilateral Tubal Ligation Versus Vasectomy: which Method of Surgical Contraception is More Prevalent? JF - Annals of King Edward Medical University JA - Annals KEMU VL - 16 IS - 1 SE - Articles DO - 10.21649/akemu.v16i1.128 UR - https://annalskemu.org/journal/index.php/annals/article/view/128 SP - 11 AB - <p><strong>Objective:&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong>To determine whether female or male method of voluntary surgical contraception is more prevalent?</p> <p><strong>Study Design: &nbsp;</strong>Observational study.</p> <p><strong>Place and Duration of Study:&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong>This study was carried out in Population Welfare department, Faisalabad from July 2007 to June 2008.</p> <p><strong>Patients and Methods</strong><strong>:</strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;During this study, the total number and CYP (couple yearly protected) of bilateral tubal ligation and vasectomy performed in all family planning centers / Reproductive health centers of Government/private sectors and Non government organizations of District FSD, performed in one year from July 2007 to June 2008 was recorded on a printed proforma. The data was shifted to computer for analysis. The software used for analysis was SPSS version 10, and descrip-tive statistics used for analysis .Chi-square test was chose as test of significance.</p> <p><strong>Results:&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong>A total of 6938 bilateral tubal ligations with CYP of 86725 were performed as compared to 1602 vasectomies with CYP of 20025 in one year. The difference is significant statistically (p - value &gt; 0.05) as well as therapeutically in terms of CYP.</p> <p><strong>Conclusion:&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong>Bilateral tubal ligation / female voluntary surgical contraception is a more prevalent method of surgical contra-ception as compared to male voluntary surgical contraception.</p> <p><strong>Key Words:</strong> &nbsp;Bilateral tubal ligation, vasectomy.</p> ER -