Background: Posterior abdominal wall deficiency (PAWD) is a tear in the external oblique aponeurosis or the conjoint tendon causing a posterior wall defect at the medial end of the inguinal canal. It ...

form the posterior wall of the canal. The superficial inguinal ring, the opening in the external oblique aponeurosis is situated a centimetre above and lateral to the pubic tubercle. The anatomy of ...

The external oblique muscle is then closed over the spermatic cord, preserving the obliquity of the inguinal canal. In the repair of a hernia just described, tissue deficiency is seldom observed ...

After skin incision, the external oblique aponeurosis is opened and its lower leaf freed ... The cord with its cremaster covering is separated from the floor of the inguinal canal and the pubic bone ...