title: Laparoscopic mesh repair of a reducible obturator hernia using an extraperitoneal approach.
abstract: We present a case of an 84-year-old woman with nonstrangulated, reducible obturator hernia treated with laparoscopic total extraperitoneal prosthetic hernia repair. Preoperative diagnosis was made based on the clinical findings. The patient's postoperative recovery has been uneventful, without complications. When a nonstrangulated obturator hernia is diagnosed preoperatively, this procedure is likely to be successful.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Toyoshina Red Cross Hospital, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yokoyama
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Munakata
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ogiwara
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kawasaki
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006553:Hernia, Obturator / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D013526:Surgical Mesh