Sujan Bohara, Samikshya Karki, Anu Gautam, Binit U Regmi, Sabin Rimal, Laxman Khadka, Anuj Pokharel, Bibek Gurung, Sushil B Rawal
UNLABELLED: Obturator hernia is an infrequent clinical entity of abdominal wall hernia, accounting for an incidence rate ranging from 0.073 to 2.2% of all hernias and being responsible for 0.2-1.6% of all cases of mechanical intestinal obstruction. The computed tomography (CT) scan, as an imaging modality, is critical in improving the diagnostic rate of obturator hernia. CASE PRESENTATION: The authors herein report an 87-year-old thin male patient with a known history of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease who presenting with complaints of abdominal pain for 3 days and constipation for 2 days, as well as one episode of vomiting without any features of peritoneal irritation, which was diagnosed early as a right-sided obturator hernia via CT and managed with exploratory laparotomy with hernia reduction and polypropylene mesh repair...
April 2023: Annals of Medicine and Surgery