title: Laparoscopic preperitoneal mesh repair of incarcerated obturator hernia and contralateral direct inguinal hernia.
abstract: Most cases of obturator hernia are diagnosed during surgery for treatment of acute small bowel obstruction resulting from incarceration. We present the case of a patient with incarcerated obturator hernia that was correctly diagnosed by computed tomography preoperatively. Laparoscopic preperitoneal mesh repair of the incarcerated obturator hernia and a contralateral direct inguinal hernia found incidentally was successfully performed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Jiann-Ming
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Heng-Fu
authors.initials: HF
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Kuo-Hsin
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Li-Ming
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Tseng
authors.forename: Shih-Horng
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Huang
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006552:Hernia, Inguinal / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006553:Hernia, Obturator / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D013526:Surgical Mesh