[Treatment of large laparoceles. A simplified radical method and the use of intra-abdominal synthetic prostheses].

Having defined the terms of the problem of treating large incisional hernias with regard to the state of the patient and the anatomical conditions of the abdominal wall, the paper outlines the criteria for the execution of radical surgery which, while taking into account the numerous variables, simplify the overall surgical treatment. The efficacy of the prosthesis used, which ranges from a wide intra-abdominal polypropylene net, a well tolerated material, to the simplest plastic prosthesis for the muscle-aponeurotic wall, is confirmed by the excellent results achieved in the first difficult cases operated.