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*First successful operation was performed by Obre in 1851.
*First successful operation was performed by Obre in 1851.
*It is a rare condition and by 1980 only 541 cases have been reported in the literature.<ref name="pmid1929191">{{cite journal| author=Ho YH, Goh HS| title=Obstructed obturator hernia in 90 year olds--a management dilemma. | journal=Ann Acad Med Singapore | year= 1991 | volume= 20 | issue= 3 | pages= 410-1 | pmid=1929191 | doi= | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=1929191  }} </ref>
*It is a rare condition and by 1980 only 541 cases have been reported in the literature.<ref name="pmid1929191">{{cite journal| author=Ho YH, Goh HS| title=Obstructed obturator hernia in 90 year olds--a management dilemma. | journal=Ann Acad Med Singapore | year= 1991 | volume= 20 | issue= 3 | pages= 410-1 | pmid=1929191 | doi= | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=1929191  }} </ref>
*Howship-Romberg sign is named for John Howship and Mortiz Heinrich Romberg.<ref>J. Howship. Practical Remarks on the Discrimination and Appearance of Surgical Disease. London, Churchill, 1840.</ref>


*The association between [important risk factor/cause] and [disease name] was made in/during [year/event].
*The association between [important risk factor/cause] and [disease name] was made in/during [year/event].

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Overview

Historical Perspective

Discovery

  • The Obturator hernia was first described by Pierre Roland Arnaud de Ronsil, at the Royal Academy of sciences in 1724.
  • First successful operation was performed by Obre in 1851.
  • It is a rare condition and by 1980 only 541 cases have been reported in the literature.[1]
  • Howship-Romberg sign is named for John Howship and Mortiz Heinrich Romberg.[2]
  • The association between [important risk factor/cause] and [disease name] was made in/during [year/event].
  • In [year], [scientist] was the first to discover the association between [risk factor] and the development of [disease name].
  • In [year], [gene] mutations were first implicated in the pathogenesis of [disease name].

Landmark Events in the Development of Treatment Strategies

Impact on Cultural History

Famous Cases

The following are a few famous cases of [disease name]:

References

  1. Ho YH, Goh HS (1991). "Obstructed obturator hernia in 90 year olds--a management dilemma". Ann Acad Med Singapore. 20 (3): 410–1. PMID 1929191.
  2. J. Howship. Practical Remarks on the Discrimination and Appearance of Surgical Disease. London, Churchill, 1840.

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