2,200
Participants
Start Date
October 31, 1998
Primary Completion Date
December 31, 2003
Study Completion Date
June 30, 2004
Standardized tension-free herniorrhaphy with prosthesis
Compare the effect of two typs of operative treatment of inguinal hernia.
VA Maryland Health Care System, Baltimore, Baltimore
VA Medical Center, Durham, Durham
WJB Dorn Veterans Hospital, Columbia, Columbia
James A. Haley Veterans Hospital, Tampa, Tampa
VA Medical Center, Birmingham, Birmingham
VA Medical Center, Memphis, Memphis
John D. Dingell VA Medical Center, Detroit, Detroit
VA North Texas Health Care System, Dallas, Dallas
Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center (152), Houston
VA Salt Lake City Health Care System, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake City
VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, West LA, West Los Angeles
VA Medical Center, San Francisco, San Francisco
Central Arkansas VHS Eugene J. Towbin Healthcare Ctr, Little Rock, No. Little Rock
VA Medical Center, Jamaica Plain Campus, Boston
American College of Surgeons
OTHER
US Department of Veterans Affairs
FED