Small Bowel Obstruction Secondary to Obturator Hernia: A Pre-Operative Diagnosis at Computed Tomography / Marlina Tanty Ramli Hamid ...[et al.]

• Main Authors: Ramli Hamid, Marlina Tanty, Mohd Khalid, Mohd Shukry, Rahmat, Kartini
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universiti Teknologi MARA Cawangan Selangor Page Range: 2021
• Subjects: R Medicine (General); Surgery by region, system, or organ; Examination. Diagnosis
• Online Access: http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/44355/1/44355.pdf; http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/44355/; https://jchs-medicine.uitm.edu.my/index.php
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Mara

Obturator hernia is rare, but it must be considered in elderly patients who present with small bowel obstruction. The diagnosis is challenging unless there is a high index of suspicion as the presenting symptoms and signs are usually non-specific. Presence of positive Howship- Romberg sign is consid...