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Figure 1. A cross-section scheme of the inguinal canal demonstrating the principles of Desarda repair: a narrow strip of external oblique aponeurosis (yellow) is moved onto a posterior wall of inguinal canal behind spermatic cord (green) and sutured to both the inguinal ligament and the internal oblique (blue). The anterior wall of the inguinal canal is closed with upper/medial flap of the external oblique aponeurosis (purple).