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==Epidemiology== | ==Epidemiology== | ||
===Age=== | ===Age=== | ||
* Most common in older women. | |||
*Commonly called as 'Little old lady's hernia'.<ref name="pmid25391824">{{cite journal| author=Blach O, Ghosh A| title='Little old lady's hernia' causing small bowel obstruction in a man: a case report with a review of literature on the pathophysiology of obturator hernias. | journal=BMJ Case Rep | year= 2014 | volume= 2014 | issue= | pages= | pmid=25391824 | doi=10.1136/bcr-2014-206574 | pmc=4244346 | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=25391824 }} </ref> | |||
===Gender=== | ===Gender=== | ||
* More common in females due to<ref name="pmid23708307">{{cite journal| author=Kulkarni SR, Punamiya AR, Naniwadekar RG, Janugade HB, Chotai TD, Vimal Singh T | display-authors=etal| title=Obturator hernia: A diagnostic challenge. | journal=Int J Surg Case Rep | year= 2013 | volume= 4 | issue= 7 | pages= 606-8 | pmid=23708307 | doi=10.1016/j.ijscr.2013.02.023 | pmc=3679423 | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=23708307 }} </ref> | |||
** wider [[pelvis]] | |||
** more triangular [[obturator canal]] opening | |||
** greater transverse diameter. | |||
* Usually occurs in elderly and multiparous women. | |||
=== Other === | |||
* [[Obturator hernia]] can also be seen in conditions with chronically raised intra abdominal pressure like [[ascites]], [[Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease|COPD]], chronic cough. | |||
* Can be seen in pregnant women due to relaxation of pelvic peritoneum, and a wider and more horizontal [[obturator canal]]. | |||
==Reference== | ==Reference== | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
Epidemiology
Age
- Most common in older women.
- Commonly called as 'Little old lady's hernia'.[1]
Gender
- More common in females due to[2]
- wider pelvis
- more triangular obturator canal opening
- greater transverse diameter.
- Usually occurs in elderly and multiparous women.
Other
- Obturator hernia can also be seen in conditions with chronically raised intra abdominal pressure like ascites, COPD, chronic cough.
- Can be seen in pregnant women due to relaxation of pelvic peritoneum, and a wider and more horizontal obturator canal.
Reference
- ↑ Blach O, Ghosh A (2014). "'Little old lady's hernia' causing small bowel obstruction in a man: a case report with a review of literature on the pathophysiology of obturator hernias". BMJ Case Rep. 2014. doi:10.1136/bcr-2014-206574. PMC 4244346. PMID 25391824.
- ↑ Kulkarni SR, Punamiya AR, Naniwadekar RG, Janugade HB, Chotai TD, Vimal Singh T; et al. (2013). "Obturator hernia: A diagnostic challenge". Int J Surg Case Rep. 4 (7): 606–8. doi:10.1016/j.ijscr.2013.02.023. PMC 3679423. PMID 23708307.