title: Incarcerated obturator hernia-laparoscopic repair with intraoperative view of the corona mortis.
abstract: Obturator hernias are a rare form of abdominal wall hernias. We present a case of a patient with an obturator hernia diagnosed by the classical signs of lower abdominal pain, a positive Howship-Romberg sign (painful internal rotation of the hip) and a computed tomography scan showing a herniated loop of small bowel. During the emergency laparoscopic hernia repair (transabdominal preperitoneal approach) a variant vessel, the corona mortis, was detected.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland michaela.ramser@usb.ch.
authors.forename: Michaela
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ramser
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Anna Sarah
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Messmer
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Isabella
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Zbinden
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Urs
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Von Holzen
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Christian Andreas
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Nebiker