Bilaterally strangulated bilateral obturator hernia. Plastic surgery, using the round ligaments
Pandolfo, G.; Addeo, R.
Minerva Chirurgica 34(22): 1555-1556
1979
ISSN/ISBN: 0026-4733 PMID: 548834 Document Number: 151778
An unusual case of bilateral obturaptor hernia with double ileal strangulation is reported. An account is given of obturator hernia, its pathogenesis, and surgical management. Of the various possibilities that exist in this respect, the simplest and most resolutive, it is submitted, is that in which the ligamentum teres uteri is employed to close the hernial porta.