obturator hernia

It can be caused by an obturator hernia.

Obturator hernia is situated directly behind this muscle, which forms one of its coverings.

Howship-Romberg sign is a sign used to identify obturator hernia.

It occurs in patients with an obturator hernia, due to compression of the obturator nerve.

An obturator hernia is a type of hernia involving an intrusion into the obturator canal.

Those of the pelvic wall include: sciatic hernia, obturator hernia and perineal hernia.

An obturator hernia is a rare type of abdominal wall hernia in which abdominal content protrudes through the obturator foramen.

But he could be bold when necessary; he was the first to reduce a case of obturator hernia by abdominal section, and one of the first to practise lumbar colostomy.

It was rediscovered in 1936 by A.K. Henry, but the Cheatle-Henry procedure for femoral and obturator hernias did not become widely used until after World War II.

A gynecologist may come across this type of hernias as a secondary finding during gynecological open surgery or laparoscopy The Howship-Romberg sign is suggestive of an obturator hernia, exacerbated by thigh extension, medial rotation and abduction.