Subacute bowel obstruction secondary to an obturator hernia: case report and a review of the literature

Obturator hernias are rare and are often diagnosed late. This case report discusses an 82-year-old female who had symptoms of subacute bowel obstruction. Following a computed tomography abdomen pelvis, she underwent a laparotomy for an incarcerated right obturator hernia. The hernia was repaired usi...

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Autores principales: Caine, Eline A., Newman, Thomas H., Marzouk, Omar, Lynes, Kathryn, Akhtar, Mansoor
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2017
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5400480/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28458870
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjx061
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author Caine, Eline A.
Newman, Thomas H.
Marzouk, Omar
Lynes, Kathryn
Akhtar, Mansoor
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description Obturator hernias are rare and are often diagnosed late. This case report discusses an 82-year-old female who had symptoms of subacute bowel obstruction. Following a computed tomography abdomen pelvis, she underwent a laparotomy for an incarcerated right obturator hernia. The hernia was repaired using a single suture and she made a good recovery. A review of the literature around obturator hernias is discussed.
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spelling pubmed-54004802017-04-28 Subacute bowel obstruction secondary to an obturator hernia: case report and a review of the literature Caine, Eline A. Newman, Thomas H. Marzouk, Omar Lynes, Kathryn Akhtar, Mansoor J Surg Case Rep Case Report Obturator hernias are rare and are often diagnosed late. This case report discusses an 82-year-old female who had symptoms of subacute bowel obstruction. Following a computed tomography abdomen pelvis, she underwent a laparotomy for an incarcerated right obturator hernia. The hernia was repaired using a single suture and she made a good recovery. A review of the literature around obturator hernias is discussed. Oxford University Press 2017-04-21 /pmc/articles/PMC5400480/ /pubmed/28458870 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjx061 Text en Published by Oxford University Press and JSCR Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved. © The Author 2017. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com
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