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===Natural History===
===Natural History===
 
*[[Obturator hernia]] is a rare [[hernia]] accounting for less than 1% of all intra abdominal hernias.<ref> name="pmid28686923">{{cite journal| author=Sá NC, Silva VCM, Carreiro PRL, Matos Filho AS, Lombardi IA| title=Rare case of incarcerated obturator hernia: Case report and review of literature. | journal=Int J Surg Case Rep | year= 2017 | volume= 37 | issue=  | pages= 157-160 | pmid=28686923 | doi=10.1016/j.ijscr.2017.06.024 | pmc=5499107 | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=28686923  }} </ref>
 
*Clinical diagnosis is considered challenging as symptoms are nonspecific.
*[[Obturator hernia]] should be strongly suspected in an elderly woman with [[small bowel obstruction]] and [[Obturator neuralgia]].<ref> name="pmid7399953">{{cite journal| author=Schneider R, Mosimann F, Critsotakis J| title=[Obturator hernia, an equivocal diagnosis]. | journal=Helv Chir Acta | year= 1980 | volume= 46 | issue= 5-6 | pages= 747-50 | pmid=7399953 | doi= | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=7399953  }} </ref>
*[[Obturator hernia]] should be included in the elderly women with chronic pelvic pain.
*Morbidity and mortality associated with [[Obturator hernia]] can be reduced with early diagnosis and prompt surgical intervention.<ref> name="pmid22408570">{{cite journal| author=Cai X, Song X, Cai X| title=Strangulated intestinal obstruction secondary to a typical obturator hernia: a case report with literature review. | journal=Int J Med Sci | year= 2012 | volume= 9 | issue= 3 | pages= 213-5 | pmid=22408570 | doi=10.7150/ijms.3894 | pmc=3298012 | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=22408570  }} </ref>


===Complications===
===Complications===

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  1. name="pmid28686923">Sá NC, Silva VCM, Carreiro PRL, Matos Filho AS, Lombardi IA (2017). "Rare case of incarcerated obturator hernia: Case report and review of literature". Int J Surg Case Rep. 37: 157–160. doi:10.1016/j.ijscr.2017.06.024. PMC 5499107. PMID 28686923.
  2. name="pmid7399953">Schneider R, Mosimann F, Critsotakis J (1980). "[Obturator hernia, an equivocal diagnosis]". Helv Chir Acta. 46 (5–6): 747–50. PMID 7399953.
  3. name="pmid22408570">Cai X, Song X, Cai X (2012). "Strangulated intestinal obstruction secondary to a typical obturator hernia: a case report with literature review". Int J Med Sci. 9 (3): 213–5. doi:10.7150/ijms.3894. PMC 3298012. PMID 22408570.