Strangulated Obturator Hernia
- 1 September 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Southern Medical Association in Southern Medical Journal
- Vol. 81 (9) , 1117-1120
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00007611-198809000-00013
Abstract
We describe two patients with strangulated obturator hernia to enhance clinical awareness of the varied presentations of this uncommon hernia, which occurs especially in elderly women with either recurrent abdominal pain or partial intestinal obstruction, a positive Howship-Romberg sign, and an absent thigh adductor reflex. Early laparotomy for unexplained bowel obstruction is essential to avoid the complications associated with strangulated obturator hernia.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
- Obturator HerniaArchives of Surgery, 1977