Despite advances in surgical techniques and technology, iatrogenic nerve injury remains a leading cause of morbidity ...

Acute incarcerated obturator hernia is a rare cause of thigh pain and is associated with high morbidity and mortality. A woman in her eighties, who was being evaluated for significant involuntary ...

Inguinal hernia repair is a surgery to repair the weak area. It’s a common surgery and usually very successful. It can be done as a laparoscopic surgery or an open surgery. • In laparoscopic surgery, ...

The prosthesis has a very high mechanical resistance. The obturator has a tab in its center allowing its prehension with forceps and the direct introduction into the hernia sac.

Site of Obturator-Nerve Entrapment. We should like to call attention to an entrapment neuropathy at this point as the major source of pain in osteitis pubis.

Obturator hernia: This extremely rare abdominal hernia happens mostly in women. This hernia protrudes from the pelvic cavity through an opening in the pelvic bone (Obturator foramen).

For more information on this research see: Robotic transabdominal preperitoneal repair for bilateral obturator hernia: a video vignette. Journal of Minimally Invasive Surgery, 2024;27 (1):40-43.

The state-of-the-art hernia treatment facility aims to be the region's leading hub American Hospital Dubai proudly opens its state-of-the-art comprehensive Hernia Center wholly dedicated to the ...

An incarcerated Obturator herniation is a rare external abdominal hernia. Abdominal CT-scanning is the first choice for the diagnosis of such an incarcerated Obturator hernia. Since intestinal ...

A hernia occurs when tissue or an organ pushes through a weak spot in the muscle or connective tissue around it. While hernias commonly affect the abdomen and groin area, certain types can also ...