Emergency laparoscopic repair of an incarcerated obturator hernia - a video vignette.

The article discusses the video that shows the laparoscopic repair of an incarcerated obturator hernia on a 68-year-old woman with a virgin abdomen. Topics discussed include reduction of loop of incarcerated small bowel with gentle traction, introduction of small polypropylene mesh folded and fixed with suture in the middle for an hourglass shape via the umbilical port into the hernia defect, and safety and feasibility of laparoscopic approach for emergency obturator hernia repair.