“…Therefore, obturator hernias are often referred to as “little old lady's hernias” because women in this group have a larger pelvic diameter, larger obturator canal, and increased laxity of the pelvic tissues, and also experience atrophy and loss of preperitoneal fat around the obturator blood vessels in the obturator canal [3] . The risk factors for obturator hernia are constipation, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, multiparity, ascites, aging, malnutrition, and increased intra-abdominal pressure [ 4 , 5 ]. Our patient in this case was also an elderly woman aged 77 years with multiparity risk factors, namely seven instances of childbirth.…”