INCARCERATED OBTURATOR HERNIA SUCCESSFULLY TREATED BY LAPAROSCOPY

Obturator hernia is extremely rare and represents a therapeutic and di agnostic challenge. The diagnosis is infrequently made preoperatively because of the nonspecific clinical and radiologic signs that in turn delay the surgical treatment, which is responsible for the known incre ase in morbidity and mortality. Herein a case is presented of a patien t with an incarcerated obturator hernia that was diagnosed and success fully treated using laparoscopic surgery.