Obturator Hernia: A Rare Case of Acute Mechanical Intestinal Obstruction

Obturator hernia is a rare type of pelvic hernia which generally occurs in elderly patients with accompanying diseases. Because it is difficult to diagnose before surgery, the morbidity and mortality rates for obturator hernia are high. The most common symptom is strangulation combined with mechanic...

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Autores principales: Aydin, Ibrahim, Yucel, Ahmet Fikret, Pergel, Ahmet, Sahin, Dursun Ali
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3659514/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23738179
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/256062
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author Aydin, Ibrahim
Yucel, Ahmet Fikret
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description Obturator hernia is a rare type of pelvic hernia which generally occurs in elderly patients with accompanying diseases. Because it is difficult to diagnose before surgery, the morbidity and mortality rates for obturator hernia are high. The most common symptom is strangulation combined with mechanical intestinal obstruction.
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spelling pubmed-36595142013-06-04 Obturator Hernia: A Rare Case of Acute Mechanical Intestinal Obstruction Aydin, Ibrahim Yucel, Ahmet Fikret Pergel, Ahmet Sahin, Dursun Ali Case Rep Surg Case Report Obturator hernia is a rare type of pelvic hernia which generally occurs in elderly patients with accompanying diseases. Because it is difficult to diagnose before surgery, the morbidity and mortality rates for obturator hernia are high. The most common symptom is strangulation combined with mechanical intestinal obstruction. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013 2013-05-02 /pmc/articles/PMC3659514/ /pubmed/23738179 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/256062 Text en Copyright © 2013 Ibrahim Aydin et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Aydin, Ibrahim
Yucel, Ahmet Fikret
Pergel, Ahmet
Sahin, Dursun Ali
Obturator Hernia: A Rare Case of Acute Mechanical Intestinal Obstruction
title Obturator Hernia: A Rare Case of Acute Mechanical Intestinal Obstruction
title_full Obturator Hernia: A Rare Case of Acute Mechanical Intestinal Obstruction
title_fullStr Obturator Hernia: A Rare Case of Acute Mechanical Intestinal Obstruction
title_full_unstemmed Obturator Hernia: A Rare Case of Acute Mechanical Intestinal Obstruction
title_short Obturator Hernia: A Rare Case of Acute Mechanical Intestinal Obstruction
title_sort obturator hernia: a rare case of acute mechanical intestinal obstruction
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3659514/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23738179
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/256062
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