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Abstract
A pelvic hernia through the obturator foramen, a large aperture in the hip bone normally covered by a membrane. Obturator hernia can lead to intestinal incarceration and INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION.
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- Hernia, Obturator
- Hernias, Obturator
- Obturator Hernias
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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91(80); was see under HERNIA 1980-90; was OBTURATOR HERNIA see under HERNIA 1975-79
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- National Library of Medicine. Obturator Hernia. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D006553. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D006553
- Obturator Hernia. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obturator_hernia
- Obturator Hernia. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7075566