Affiliations 

  • 1 H. K. Goon, MBBS, FRCSE, Department of Surgery, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • 2 H. M. Mohd. Bahari, MBBS, FRCSE. Department of Surgery, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Med J Malaysia, 1983 Sep;38(3):200-2.
PMID: 6672562

Abstract

Obturator hernia is a rare clinical entity usually presenting with strangulation. Preoperative diagnosis is seldom made and this has contributed to a high. mortality. One should suspect a strangulated obturator hernia in an elderly thin female patient presenting with vague abdominal symptoms or intestinal obstruction associated with a positive Howship-Romberg sign. Urgent laparotomy is indicated to establish the diagnosis and for resection of bowel if indicated.

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