Figure 1From: Surgical physiology of inguinal hernia repair - a study of 200 cases The medial leaf of the external oblique aponeurosis is sutured to the Inguinal ligament. 1) Medial leaf; 2) Interrupted sutures taken to suture the medial leaf to the inguinal ligament; 3) Pubic tubercle; 4) Abdominal ring; 5) Spermatic cord; and 6) Lateral leaf.Back to article page