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===Discovery=== | ===Discovery=== | ||
*The [[Obturator hernia]] was first described by Pierre Roland Arnaud de Ronsil, at the Royal Academy of sciences in 1724. | |||
*[ | *First successful operation was performed by Obre in 1851. | ||
*It is a rare condition and by 1980 only 541 cases have been reported in the literature.<ref name="pmid1929191">{{cite journal| author=Ho YH, Goh HS| title=Obstructed obturator hernia in 90 year olds--a management dilemma. | journal=Ann Acad Med Singapore | year= 1991 | volume= 20 | issue= 3 | pages= 410-1 | pmid=1929191 | doi= | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=1929191 }} </ref> | |||
*Howship-Romberg sign is named for John Howship and Mortiz Heinrich Romberg.<ref>J. Howship. Practical Remarks on the Discrimination and Appearance of Surgical Disease. London, Churchill, 1840.</ref> | |||
* | *In 1980, John G Hannington-Kiff described Hannington-Kiff sign.<ref> name="pmid6101635">{{cite journal| author=Hannington-Kiff JG| title=Absent thigh adductor reflex in obturator hernia. | journal=Lancet | year= 1980 | volume= 1 | issue= 8161 | pages= 180 | pmid=6101635 | doi= | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=6101635 }} </ref>. | ||
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===Landmark Events in the Development of Treatment Strategies=== | ===Landmark Events in the Development of Treatment Strategies=== |
Latest revision as of 17:03, 17 September 2020
Overview
Historical Perspective
Discovery
- The Obturator hernia was first described by Pierre Roland Arnaud de Ronsil, at the Royal Academy of sciences in 1724.
- First successful operation was performed by Obre in 1851.
- It is a rare condition and by 1980 only 541 cases have been reported in the literature.[1]
- Howship-Romberg sign is named for John Howship and Mortiz Heinrich Romberg.[2]
- In 1980, John G Hannington-Kiff described Hannington-Kiff sign.[3].
Landmark Events in the Development of Treatment Strategies
Impact on Cultural History
Famous Cases
The following are a few famous cases of [disease name]:
References
- ↑ Ho YH, Goh HS (1991). "Obstructed obturator hernia in 90 year olds--a management dilemma". Ann Acad Med Singapore. 20 (3): 410–1. PMID 1929191.
- ↑ J. Howship. Practical Remarks on the Discrimination and Appearance of Surgical Disease. London, Churchill, 1840.
- ↑ name="pmid6101635">Hannington-Kiff JG (1980). "Absent thigh adductor reflex in obturator hernia". Lancet. 1 (8161): 180. PMID 6101635.