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Bowel obstruction in obturator hernia: A challenging diagnosis

INTRODUCTION: The obturator hernia is a rare pelvic hernia that often comes in the shape of bowel obstruction caused by the presence of an intestinal segment, more often ileum, passing trough the obturator foramen of the pelvic wall (Fig. 1). This type of hernia accounts for 0.5-1.4% of all hernias....

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Autores principales: Conti, L., Baldini, E., Capelli, P., Capelli, C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5773477/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29274599
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijscr.2017.12.003