Little Old Lady's Hernia: Obturator Hernia

Gullupinar B., Sarihan A., ÇOLAK N.

JOURNAL OF CLINICAL AND ANALYTICAL MEDICINE, vol.6, no.1, pp.103-105, 2015 (ESCI) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 6 Issue: 1
  • Publication Date: 2015
  • Doi Number: 10.4328/jcam.875
  • Journal Name: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL AND ANALYTICAL MEDICINE
  • Journal Indexes: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Page Numbers: pp.103-105
  • Keywords: Obturator Hernia, Abdominal Hernia, Intestinal Obstruction, SMALL-BOWEL OBSTRUCTION
  • Dokuz Eylül University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Obturator hernia is a rare kind of abdominal hernia and 0,4% of patients with obturator hernia have mechanical intestinal obstruction. It's a type of pelvic hernia that is seen in advanced age and hard to recognize. Obturator hernia is important because it has a high mortality and morbidity rate when diagnosed lately. The most frequent symptom of Obturator hernia is intestinal obstruction with strangulation. The treatment of obturator hernia is emergent surgery. In our case report we presented a rarely seen obturator hernia case and we revised the diagnostic and treatment methods in the light of literature.