[Correction of substance losses in the abdominal wall by an aponeurotic graft]

A series of 123 patients presenting with abdominal eventrations were treated by an aponeurotic graft. Operative mortality was 0.8%. Recurrent eventration was observed in eventrations with a diameter superior to 4 cm (38% at 55 months). The authors recommended this technique only in case of small eventrations or for the parietal reparation following closure colostomies.