TY - JOUR TT - A rare cause of intestinal obstruction: Obturator hernia AU - Okut, Gökalp AU - Okur, Selahittin Koray AU - Çayhan, Veli Kürşat AU - Şimşek, Cenk AU - Karataş, Murat AU - Zihni, İsmail PY - 2016 DA - October JF - Pamukkale Medical Journal JO - Pam Tıp Derg PB - Pamukkale Üniversitesi WT - DergiPark SN - 1308-0865 SP - 228 EP - 230 IS - 3 KW - Obturator fıtık KW - intestinal obstrüksiyon KW - preoperatif tanı N2 - Obturator hernia is a rare hernia which causes of small bowel obstruction and usually needs early surgical intervention. Its diagnosis is difficult because of nonspecific symptoms and findings. In the past, obturator hernia was diagnosed during the operation but now we can determine it by computer tomography(CT Scan) before the operation. This article presents a rare case of obturator hernia because late diagnosis causes high mortality and morbidity. UR - https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/patd/article/393021 L1 - https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/422787 ER -