Abstract
A 68-year-old woman with a history of right obturator hernia for which she had received conservative treatment presented to our hospital with abdominal pain. A diagnosis of right obturator hernia was made on the basis of the results of contrast-enhanced abdominal computed tomography (CT). The patient's pain was alleviated, but abdominal CT showed that the hernia persisted. Moreover, the small bowel had extended further. Therefore, an emergency laparoscopic hernioplasty was performed. We confirmed that the hernia was reduced and that there was no intestinal necrosis. C-QUR EdgeTM mesh was used to close the hernial orifice. We were able to observe both sides of the obturator during the laparoscopic surgery, and it was a non-invasive approach; therefore, laparoscopic surgery was useful for treating the obturator hernioplasty. In addition, C-QUR EdgeTM is useful for hernioplasty because the percentage of shrinkage is lower than that of conventional meshes and it is hard to adhere adhesion formation is rare.
