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Acute Appendicitis: Efficient Diagnosis and Management.
Snyder MJ, Guthrie M, Cagle S. Snyder MJ, et al. Am Fam Physician. 2018 Jul 1;98(1):25-33. Am Fam Physician. 2018. PMID: 30215950 Free article.
Absent or decreased bowel sounds, a positive psoas sign, a positive obturator sign, and a positive Rovsing sign are most reliable for ruling in acute appendicitis in children. ...
Absent or decreased bowel sounds, a positive psoas sign, a positive obturator sign, and a positive Rovsing sign …
Nerve entrapment syndromes of the lower limb: a pictorial review.
Kumar S, Mangi MD, Zadow S, Lim W. Kumar S, et al. Insights Imaging. 2023 Oct 2;14(1):166. doi: 10.1186/s13244-023-01514-6. Insights Imaging. 2023. PMID: 37782348 Free PMC article. Review.
This article overviews the anatomical course of various lower limb nerves, including the sciatic nerve, tibial nerve, medial plantar nerve, lateral plantar nerve, digital nerves, common peroneal nerve, deep peroneal nerve, superficial peroneal nerve, sural nerve, obturator …
This article overviews the anatomical course of various lower limb nerves, including the sciatic nerve, tibial nerve, medial plantar nerve, …
Obturator hernias: a systematic review of the literature.
Schizas D, Apostolou K, Hasemaki N, Kanavidis P, Tsapralis D, Garmpis N, Damaskos C, Alexandrou A, Filippou D, Kontzoglou K. Schizas D, et al. Hernia. 2021 Feb;25(1):193-204. doi: 10.1007/s10029-020-02282-8. Epub 2020 Aug 9. Hernia. 2021. PMID: 32772276
PURPOSE: Obturator hernias (OH) are extremely rare hernias, accounting for 0.07-1% of all hernias. ...OH were associated with non-specific symptoms and signs; bowel obstruction being the most common. Howship-Romberg sign was present in 56.2% of patients. Computed to …
PURPOSE: Obturator hernias (OH) are extremely rare hernias, accounting for 0.07-1% of all hernias. ...OH were associated with non-spe …
Obturator hernia: A diagnostic challenge.
Tokushima M, Aihara H, Tago M, Tomonaga M, Sakanishi Y, Yoshioka T, Hyakutake M, Kyoraku I, Sugioka T, Yamashita S. Tokushima M, et al. Am J Case Rep. 2014 Jun 28;15:280-3. doi: 10.12659/AJCR.890555. eCollection 2014. Am J Case Rep. 2014. PMID: 25006359 Free PMC article.
PATIENT: Female, 90 FINAL DIAGNOSIS: Obturator hernia Symptoms: Epigastric pain vomiting MEDICATION: - Clinical Procedure: - Specialty: Gastroenterology and Hepatology. ...Although pain in a lower limb caused by compression of the obturator nerve by the hernia in th …
PATIENT: Female, 90 FINAL DIAGNOSIS: Obturator hernia Symptoms: Epigastric pain vomiting MEDICATION: - Clinical Procedure: - Specialt …
Obturator hernia.
Bjork KJ, Mucha P Jr, Cahill DR. Bjork KJ, et al. Surg Gynecol Obstet. 1988 Sep;167(3):217-22. Surg Gynecol Obstet. 1988. PMID: 3413651
Obturator hernias are relatively rare. In the past 15 years at the Mayo Clinic, eight patients underwent nine operations for repair of 11 obturator hernias, which represented 0.073 per cent (11 of 15,098) of all hernias repaired at this institution. ...Surprisingly, …
Obturator hernias are relatively rare. In the past 15 years at the Mayo Clinic, eight patients underwent nine operations for repair o …
Obturator hernia: anatomy, embryology, diagnosis, and treatment.
Petrie A, Tubbs RS, Matusz P, Shaffer K, Loukas M. Petrie A, et al. Clin Anat. 2011 Jul;24(5):562-9. doi: 10.1002/ca.21097. Epub 2011 Feb 14. Clin Anat. 2011. PMID: 21322061 Review.
An obturator hernia is an infrequent but significant cause of intestinal obstruction. The incidence of obturator hernias is between 0.05 and 1.4% of all hernias. ...Other classic signs, though not always present include obturator neuralgia, the Howship-Romber …
An obturator hernia is an infrequent but significant cause of intestinal obstruction. The incidence of obturator hernias is be …
Obturator hernia: the relationship between anatomical classification and the Howship-Romberg sign.
Karasaki T, Nakagawa T, Tanaka N. Karasaki T, et al. Hernia. 2014 Jun;18(3):413-6. doi: 10.1007/s10029-013-1068-9. Epub 2013 Mar 13. Hernia. 2014. PMID: 23483264
BACKGROUND: The obturator hernia sac may follow the anterior or posterior branch of the obturator nerve, and thus, it can be classified anatomically. ...CONCLUSIONS: The Howship-Romberg sign was present significantly more often with the anterior than the post …
BACKGROUND: The obturator hernia sac may follow the anterior or posterior branch of the obturator nerve, and thus, it can be c …
Obturator hernia--a condition seldom thought of and hence seldom sought.
Mandarry MT, Zeng SB, Wei ZQ, Zhang C, Wang ZW. Mandarry MT, et al. Int J Colorectal Dis. 2012 Feb;27(2):133-41. doi: 10.1007/s00384-011-1289-2. Epub 2011 Aug 20. Int J Colorectal Dis. 2012. PMID: 21858452 Review.
PURPOSE: Obturator hernia is an extremely rare type of hernia with an incidence of less than 1% of all abdominal wall hernias occurring predominantly in elderly females characterized by protrusion of the intra-abdominal viscera into the obturator foramen. ...METHODS …
PURPOSE: Obturator hernia is an extremely rare type of hernia with an incidence of less than 1% of all abdominal wall hernias occurri …
Evaluation of incidence and clinical significance of obturator hook sign as a marker of chronic iliofemoral venous outflow obstruction in computed tomography venography.
Coelho A, O'Sullivan G. Coelho A, et al. J Vasc Surg Venous Lymphat Disord. 2020 Mar;8(2):237-243. doi: 10.1016/j.jvsv.2019.07.011. Epub 2019 Nov 5. J Vasc Surg Venous Lymphat Disord. 2020. PMID: 31699665 Free article.
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this paper was to describe the obturator hook sign (OHS), a distinctive dilated angled vein similar to a hook, by computed tomography venography (CTV). It is identified mainly on direct CTV (DCTV) as opposed to indirect CTV (ICTV), evidencing …
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this paper was to describe the obturator hook sign (OHS), a distinctive dilated angled vein similar to a …
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