title: Obturator hernia: An uncommon cause of small bowel obstruction.
abstract: A 70 year old lady presented to surgery emergency with small bowel obstruction without any obvious etiology. On exploration she was found to have an obstructed obturator hernia, which is a rare pelvic hernia with an incidence of 0.07-1.4% of all intra-abdominal hernias. Diagnosis is often delayed until laparotomy for bowel obstruction. Strangulation is frequent and mortality remains high (25%). Early diagnosis and surgical treatment contributes greatly to reduce the mortality and morbidity rates. A variety of techniques have been described, however surgical repair has not been standardized. It is an important diagnosis to be considered in elderly patients with intestinal obstruction.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Dr. Baba Saheb Ambedkar Medical College and Hospital, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shreshtha
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006550:Hernia, Femoral / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D006553:Hernia, Obturator / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000209:etiology; D007813:Laparotomy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome