In this randomized trial conducted at 14 U.S. veterans' hospitals, 1983 men (mean age, 58) with inguinal hernia underwent either open mesh repair (by the Lichtenstein method) or laparoscopic mesh ...
METHODS: We randomly assigned men with inguinal hernias at 14 Veterans Affairs (VA) medical centers to either open mesh or laparoscopic ... (open or laparoscopic) and the type of hernia (primary ...