[The repair of inguinal hernia by insertion of prosthetic material with tunnelisation of the spermatic cord (author's transl)].

A mersilene plate, cut according to the technique of Zagdoun, usually fixed to the conjoint tendon (in front of the latter) and to the inguinal ligament, is turned in front of the spermatic cord in the form of a cuff attached to itself and the aponeurosis of the obliquus externus. Thus strengthens the deficient deep and superfical anatomical layers in cases of large or recurrent inguinal hernia.