Article: Gangrenous appendicitis in a strangulated obturator hernia.(Case Report)

Article: Nausea, vomiting, and lower abdominal pain.(Radiology Case)(case ...
Baylor University Medical Center Proceedings;  April 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... OMITTED] DIAGNOSIS: Incarcerated obturator hernia producing small-bowel obstruction ... presentation and may delay treatment. Obturator hernia is one of several types of abdominal ... 5). The typical patient with an obturator hernia is a thin, elderly female. Contributing ...

Article: Laparoscopic management of incarcerated obturator ...
Canadian Journal of Surgery;  February 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ...Obturator hernia is a rare cause of obstruction of ... care workers have advocated that obturator hernia requires laparotomy more than a ... provisional diagnosis was incarcerated obturator hernia. Laparoscopy was arranged promptly ...

Article: Typical versus atypical presentation of obturator ...
The American Surgeon;  February 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... among all pelvic hernias diagnosed the obturator hernia continues to be a diagnostic challenge ... however, we highlight a small subset of obturator hernia patients who present without obstructive ... opportunity for development of the obturator hernia, which accounts for approximately ...

Article: CASE NOTE: Perforated obturator Littre hernia
Canadian Journal of Surgery;  June 1, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... laparoscopy. Mortality in obturator hernia is 11%-70%, among the ... hernia can also arise in an obturator hernia and that it needs a high ... References 1. Green BT. Strangulated obturator hernia: still deadly. South Med ...

Article: Research from S. Murai and colleagues has provided new data on ...
Biotech Week;  November 11, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... research from Tokyo, Japan, "Obturator hernia repair has traditionally been ... its use for an incarcerated obturator hernia." "We describe how we used the Kugel method to repair an obturator hernia in two patients. Both patients ...

Article: St. Vincent's Hospital details research in hernia.
Gastroenterology Week;  March 2, 2009 ;     666 words ...Researchers detail in 'Obturator hernia: a diagnostic challenge ... with groin pain secondary to an obturator hernia. She was a diagnostic challenge, and 6 years passed before the obturator hernia was discovered," scientists ...

Article: Studies from L. Hunt et al provide new data on hernia.
Gastroenterology Week;  June 22, 2009 ;     604 words ... ... Laparoscopic management of an obstructed obturator hernia: should laparoscopic assessment be ... study from the United Kingdom, "An obturator hernia is a rare diagnosis that is frequently ... present a case of an acute obstructed obturator hernia diagnosed in a 62-year-old female ...