title: Laparoscopic transabdominal preperitoneal hernioplasty of bilateral obturator hernia.
abstract: Obturator hernia is relatively rare and tends to occur in elderly, emaciated women with chronic diseases. Clinical presentations are frequently delayed and so preoperative diagnosis is difficult. Treatment is always surgical. We present a case of a 75-year-old woman with bilateral obturator hernia diagnosed by the physical examination and abdominopelvic computed tomography (CT) scan; she had no signs of bowel strangulation. We used a laparoscopic approach for correction. A transabdominal preperitoneal hernioplasty was done using a prosthetic patch of polypropylene mesh. The patient recovered very well after surgery. We suggest that a laparoscopic approach may be used as treatment, when a nonstrangulated obturator hernia is diagnosed preoperatively.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Our Lady of Mercy Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Bupyong-ku, Incheon, Korea.
authors.forename: Jin-Jo
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Hun
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Jung
authors.forename: Se-Jeong
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Oh
authors.forename: Keun-Ho
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Seung-Man
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Young-Ha
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Jun-Gi
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D016099:Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006553:Hernia, Obturator / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D011126:Polypropylenes; D013525:Surgical Instruments; D013526:Surgical Mesh; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D011126:Polypropylenes