Laparoscopic obturator hernia repair in an adolescent
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Robert A Sorabella1, Douglas N Miniati, Mary L Brandt
1Division of Pediatric Surgery, Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Journal of Pediatric Surgery
|December 13, 2005
Abstract:
Obturator hernia is rare and has not been described in the pediatric population. The authors describe a case in a 12-year-old girl who presented with nonspecific abdominal pain and who was treated with a laparoscopic primary hernia repair.