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International Journal of Gerontology, 2010 The obturator hernia is a rare form of internal hernia that often presents with a confusing clinical picture. The diagnosis is usually made at laparotomy for small bowel obstruction. It often occurs in elderly, emaciated women.
Ho-Hsing Lin +3 more
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Free Innervated Gracilis Muscular Flap for Functional Abdominal Wall Reconstruction Following Desmoid Tumor Resection: A Case Report and Literature Review [PDF]
MicrosurgeryABSTRACT Desmoid tumors (DTs) are rare, benign, locally aggressive myofibroblastic neoplasms. Complete resection with negative margins remains the standard treatment despite their lack of metastatic potential. As DT commonly involve the anterior abdominal wall, their excision may result in complex defects requiring advanced reconstruction.
Lykoudis E +5 more
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Internal Medicine, 2013 ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION: Obturator hernia is an extremely rare type of hernia with relatively high mortality and morbidity. Its early diagnosis is challenging since the signs and symptoms are non specific. PRESENTATION OF CASE:
Watanabe, Masaki +3 more
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Abstruse diagnosis of obturator hernia--a case series
Journal of Nepal Medical Association, 2010 The diagnosis of obturator hernia is one of suspicion as it is almost never seen and rarely palpated. The incidence is less than 1% of all hernias worldwide.
R B Basnet, B Rijal, VK Sharma
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Strangulated obturator hernia [PDF]
BMJ Case Reports, 2014 A frail 60-year-old woman presented with a 5-day history of pain in the abdomen, constipation, vomiting and abdominal distension. There was no history of surgery or tuberculosis. On examination, the abdomen was distended and non-tender. The hernial sites were normal. On auscultation, hyperperistaltic bowel sounds were present.
Rahul Gupta +3 more
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Journal of Minimal Access Surgery, 2021 The ProGrip™ laparoscopic self-fixating mesh provides advantages such as low cost and reduced pain following tack-free fixation in laparoscopic hernia repair through a transabdominal preperitoneal approach. Obturator hernia repair needs adequate fixation
Jun Muto +7 more
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Journal of British Surgery, 1974 Abstract Twenty patients with obstructed obturator hernia were seen at the City of Chiang Mai Hospital between 1962 and 1973. The most helpful diagnostic points are described. The relative frequency with which this disease has been seen at this hospital has made preoperative diagnosis possible in most cases in recent years and this has ...
N C, Martin, T P, Welch
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Bowel obstruction secondary to incarcerated obturator hernia
Asian Journal of Surgery, 2017 Background/Objective: Obturator hernia is rare type of abdominal hernia and its diagnosis usually is made intraoperatively for bowel obstruction or computed tomography (CT) scans of the abdomen.
Dawei Chen, Zhewei Fei, Xiaojun Wang
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Obturator hernia: a case report
Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2021 Background Obturator hernia is rare and accounts for less than 1% of all abdominal wall hernias. It represents a diagnostic challenge due to its nonspecific signs and symptoms. Case presentation We present a case of an 89-year-old caucasian female with a
C. Kendall Major +2 more
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A rare case of left‐sided obturator hernia diagnosed by computed tomography
Clinical Case Reports, 2023 Key Clinical Message Obturator hernia is a rare condition that is difficult to detect clinically. We highlight the importance of a CT scan in establishing an early diagnosis of an obturator hernia, effective surgical intervention planning, thereby ...
Manisha Aryal +4 more
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