2013
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijscr.2013.02.023
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Obturator hernia: A diagnostic challenge

Abstract: Obturator hernia is a rare but significant cause of intestinal obstruction especially in emaciated elderly woman and a diagnostic challenge for the Doctors. CT scan is valuable to establish preoperative diagnosis. Surgery either open or laproscopic, is the only treatment. The need for the awareness is stressed and CT scan can be helpful.

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“…It contains the obturator nerve and vessels. The canal is 2-3 cm long and 1 cm wide, and it is usually filled with fat, allowing no space for a hernia [4]. The fat disappears in patients who have massive body weight loss or are very thin.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…It contains the obturator nerve and vessels. The canal is 2-3 cm long and 1 cm wide, and it is usually filled with fat, allowing no space for a hernia [4]. The fat disappears in patients who have massive body weight loss or are very thin.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…According to Kulkarni et al, CT scan has superior sensitivity and accuracy compared with other noninvasive diagnostic tools. [3] Early diagnosis of obturator hernia prevents complications such as strangulation and perforation, and thereby reduces mortality and morbidity. As result of diagnostic difficulty, frequently intestinal segment has been ischemic for a long time and can easily be perforated when reducing it from the hernia sac.…”
Section: Case Reportmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Because it presents without any clear signs or symptoms, unless a computed tomography (CT) scan is performed, it is difficult to diagnose; therefore, surgical intervention in the early stages rarely occurs [4,5]. Here we present an atypical case of a femoral abscess, which was not suspected to be associated with OH, but at autopsy it was revealed to be the result of an OH perforation.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%