Prediction of bowel obstruction caused by obturator hernia using risk factor categories on clinical characteristics and multidetector computed tomographic findings

To detect risk factors on clinical characteristics and multidetector computed tomographic (MDCT) findings for predicting bowel obstruction in patients with obturator hernia. We retrospectively reviewed 47 patients who had an obturator hernia diagnosed by MDCT and/or surgery. The patients were divided into obstruction and non-obstruction group based on the presence or absence of bowel obstruction on MDCT images. Uni- and multivariate analyses...