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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]
  • 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

  1. 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.
  2. 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.