title: A rare cause of acute mechanical intestinal obstruction: a strangulated obturator hernia.
abstract: Obturator hernia is a rarely-seen type of abdominopelvic hernia. It is generally seen in thinner, old, multipara patients. The most frequently seen clinical sign is intestinal obstruction associated with strangulation. Diagnosis is generally made during operation in patients brought into emergency room because of intestinal obstruction. Delay in diagnosis in older patients results in higher rates of morbidity and mortality. Herein, we present a 68-year-old multipara patient who consulted to the emergency service with clinical manifestations of intestinal obstruction, and who was operated with the preoperative diagnosis of "strangulated obturator hernia" established by means of computed-tomography.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Haydarpasa Numune Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Dogan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Erdogan
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Haydarpasa Numune Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Mehmet
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gulmez
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Haydarpasa Numune Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: V Melih
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Kara
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Haydarpasa Numune Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Mehmet Ali
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Uzun
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Haydarpasa Numune Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Osman
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Yucel
keywords: Intestinal obstruction; obturator hernia strangulation