Objective. To assess the influence of the gender factor on the course of ulcerative colitis in patients with surgical indications.

Materials and methods. The archival documentation of 101 patients who underwent surgical treatment for ulcerative colitis in the proctology department of the Minsk Regional Clinical Hospital in the period from 1973 to 2017 was analyzed.

Results. The study group consisted of 51 men and 50 women. The casе notes and surgical history records of these patients were studied according to the main anamnestic indicators: age, BMI, duration of the disease, symptom complex, extent of the colon lesion, course of the disease, indications for elective or emergency surgery. Statistical analysis of the data using the methods of descriptive, parametric and non-parametric statistics did not establish the influence of the gender factor on the above criteria.