title: Laparoscopic trans-peritoneal hernioplasty (TAPP) is useful for obturator hernias: report of a case.
abstract: A 71-year-old female presented to our hospital due to pain from the right hip joint to the lower abdomen. The pain had suddenly appeared and spontaneously disappeared more than 10 times during the past 2 years. She had visited many hospitals, but remained undiagnosed. The patient underwent a computed tomography (CT) scan of the pelvis, and a soft tissue shadow was seen between the external obturator and pectineal muscles. She was diagnosed with a right obturator hernia and underwent elective repair by laparoscopic trans-peritoneal hernioplasty (TAPP). 1 year has passed since the surgery, without any recurrence of the abdominal pain. Obturator hernias are rare, and most cases are found as incarcerated hernias. It is rare to find an obturator hernia without intestinal obstruction, or with the recurrent pain as in our case. We herein report a case in which an obturator hernia was undiagnosed and intermittent pain was experienced for 2 years prior to TAPP, which appears to have successfully treated the hernia.
authors: Division of Gastro-intestinal Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kusunoki-chou 7-5-2, Chuo-ku, Kobe, 650-0017, Japan, otoway@med.kobe-u.ac.jp.
authors: Yasunori
authors: Y
authors: Otowa
authors: Kiyonori
authors: K
authors: Kanemitsu
authors: Yasuo
authors: Y
authors: Sumi
authors: Tetsu
authors: T
authors: Nakamura
authors: Satoshi
authors: S
authors: Suzuki
authors: Daisuke
authors: D
authors: Kuroda
authors: Yoshihiro
authors: Y
authors: Kakeji
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006553:Hernia, Obturator / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D059685:Herniorrhaphy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D010537:Peritoneum / Q000601:surgery*; D012008:Recurrence; D013997:Time Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome
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