2024 Volume 49 Issue 1 Pages 6-10
Purpose: Obturator hernia is a relatively rare disease that frequently occurs in thin elderly women. Incarcerated obturator hernia often requires emergency surgery. Therefore, clinicians need to understand the tendency of cases to require bowel resection. In this study, obturator hernias operated at our hospital were divided into an intestinal resection and non-resection groups.
Methods: From August 2013 to September 2021, 12 patients undergoing obturator hernia surgery were enrolled. Their preoperative backgrounds and surgical outcomes were compared between the two groups. All data have been presented as median values.
Result: The bowel resection and non-resection groups had four and eight cases, respectively. The bowel resection group had significantly higher serum urea nitrogen (BUN) and C-reactive protein (CRP) levels than the non-resection group preoperatively.
Conclusion: In the bowel resection group, surgical intervention was considered as an early requirement in patients who had an onset beyond 2 days and an elevated BUN and CRP.
