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Descriptor English: Hernia, Obturator
Descriptor Spanish: Hernia Obturadora
Descriptor hernia obturatriz
Scope note: Hernia pelviana a través del foramen del obturador, una amplia abertura del hueso coxal normalmente recubierta por una membrana. La hernia obturatriz puede dar lugar a incarceración y OBSTRUCCIÓN INTESTINAL.
Descriptor Portuguese: Hérnia do Obturador
Descriptor French: Hernie obturatrice
Entry term(s): Hernias, Obturator
Obturator Hernia
Obturator Hernias
Tree number(s): C23.300.707.937
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D006553
Scope note: 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.
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CN congenital
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EM embryology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
Public MeSH Note: 91; was see under HERNIA 1980-90; was OBTURATOR HERNIA see under HERNIA 1975-79
Online Note: use HERNIA, OBTURATOR to search OBTURATOR HERNIA 1975-79
History Note: 91(80); was see under HERNIA 1980-90; was OBTURATOR HERNIA see under HERNIA 1975-79
DeCS ID: 6712
Unique ID: D006553
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Date Established: 1991/01/01
Date of Entry: 1974/11/19
Revision Date: 2006/07/05
Hernia, Obturator - Preferred
Concept UI M0010268
Scope note 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.
Preferred term Hernia, Obturator
Entry term(s) Hernias, Obturator
Obturator Hernia
Obturator Hernias



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