[Cost effects of laparoscopic and hysteroscopic female sterilization]. / Naisten laparoskooppisen ja hysteroskooppisen sterilisaation kustannusvaikutukset.

INTRODUCTION: The aim was to elucidate the costs and clinical results of sterilization. MATERIAL AND METHODS: A retrospective analysis was carried out on sterilizations conducted at the Hyvinkää hospital in 2006 to 2007 by tubal ligation with clips and by microimplants. RESULTS: Total costs obtained for microimplant sterilization per patient were 1,146 Euros and for clip sterilization 1,712 Euros. Postoperative pain was significantly less in the microimplant group, and adverse effects associated with the procedure were more common in the clip sterilization group. CONCLUSIONS: Microimplant sterilization performed on an outpatient basis is more cost-effective than laparoscopic clip sterilization.