Bowel Resection

Service/Procedure Summary

This surgical procedure removes all or part of the small or large intestine.

Consult Nova Scotia 50% of people served within? 25days

Surgery Nova Scotia 50% of people served within? 27days

Wait times

50%

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	7 days	16 days
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	14 days	18 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	11 days	34 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	23 days	23 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	16 days	34 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	14 days	37 days
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	---	36 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	---	36 days
Halifax	IWK Health Centre	---	---
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	---	---
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	---	34 days

90%

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	27 days	51 days
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	50 days	62 days
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	26 days	97 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	70 days	54 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	56 days	146 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	111 days	186 days
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	---	110 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	---	57 days
Halifax	IWK Health Centre	---	---
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	---	---
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	---	71 days

Wait Times by Surgeon

50%

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Oleg Lefel	Yarmouth	12 days	14 days
Lucy K Helyer	Halifax	14 days	17 days
Boris Gala Lopez	Halifax	10 days	22 days
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	18 days	14 days
Eileen Roach	Sydney	23 days	12 days
Mark J Walsh	Halifax	14 days	21 days
David MacFarlane	Kentville	11 days	26 days
Stephanie Hiebert	Halifax	8 days	29 days
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	13 days	28 days
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	14 days	28 days
Nabil Nader	Amherst	13 days	31 days
Rhys Kavanagh	Bridgewater	20 days	25 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	13 days	35 days
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	21 days	27 days
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	6 days	44 days
F Donald Clark	Kentville	7 days	44 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	14 days	38 days
Alison Archibald	Sydney	32 days	22 days
Paul M Johnson	Halifax	15 days	41 days
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	23 days	34 days
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	24 days	34 days
Daniel Kagedan	Sydney	30 days	28 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	15 days	43 days
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	26 days	35 days
Richard Spence	Halifax	42 days	20 days
Gregory Knapp	Halifax	19 days	44 days
Brian Nocon	New Glasgow	41 days	27 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	30 days	38 days
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	35 days	36 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	49 days	32 days
Krista de Boer	Antigonish	70 days	27 days
Katerina Neumann	Halifax	57 days	43 days
Leszek J Wasilewski	Dartmouth	87 days	40 days
Ahmed Jad	Truro	---	---
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	---	---
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	---	73 days
Carman Anthony Giacomantonio	Halifax	---	---
Chakshu Sharma	New Glasgow	---	40 days
Chris Kenyon	Halifax	---	57 days
Christopher Blackmore	Halifax	---	---
Clay K Butler	Sydney	---	26 days
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	---	56 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	---	43 days
Dafydd Alexander Davies	Halifax	---	---
Heather Poushay	Sydney	---	23 days
Irma Joan Proctor	Bridgewater	---	---
James C Ellsmere	Halifax	---	---
Jenelle King	Yarmouth	---	---
John Booth	Truro	---	---
John L Murdoch	Dartmouth	---	29 days
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	---	18 days
Kieron McGibney	Truro	---	43 days
Najeeb Ahmed Abdul Kadir	Truro	---	32 days
Scott Livingstone	Halifax	---	13 days
Victoria Smith	Bridgewater	---	---
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	---	85 days

90%

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Lucy K Helyer	Halifax	15 days	25 days
Stephanie Hiebert	Halifax	14 days	36 days
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	21 days	29 days
Mark J Walsh	Halifax	17 days	63 days
Oleg Lefel	Yarmouth	26 days	57 days
Rhys Kavanagh	Bridgewater	41 days	62 days
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	47 days	57 days
Boris Gala Lopez	Halifax	70 days	43 days
F Donald Clark	Kentville	55 days	66 days
Brian Nocon	New Glasgow	72 days	50 days
Alison Archibald	Sydney	91 days	37 days
Gregory Knapp	Halifax	34 days	102 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	82 days	55 days
Eileen Roach	Sydney	109 days	36 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	36 days	114 days
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	125 days	34 days
David MacFarlane	Kentville	121 days	44 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	80 days	94 days
Nabil Nader	Amherst	29 days	155 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	47 days	142 days
Daniel Kagedan	Sydney	132 days	58 days
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	50 days	141 days
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	25 days	181 days
Richard Spence	Halifax	174 days	45 days
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	167 days	58 days
Leszek J Wasilewski	Dartmouth	169 days	66 days
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	125 days	154 days
Krista de Boer	Antigonish	251 days	48 days
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	70 days	237 days
Paul M Johnson	Halifax	62 days	248 days
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	52 days	344 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	364 days	115 days
Katerina Neumann	Halifax	602 days	439 days
Ahmed Jad	Truro	---	---
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	---	---
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	---	90 days
Carman Anthony Giacomantonio	Halifax	---	---
Chakshu Sharma	New Glasgow	---	53 days
Chris Kenyon	Halifax	---	610 days
Christopher Blackmore	Halifax	---	---
Clay K Butler	Sydney	---	41 days
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	---	100 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	---	48 days
Dafydd Alexander Davies	Halifax	---	---
Heather Poushay	Sydney	---	36 days
Irma Joan Proctor	Bridgewater	---	---
James C Ellsmere	Halifax	---	---
Jenelle King	Yarmouth	---	---
John Booth	Truro	---	---
John L Murdoch	Dartmouth	---	90 days
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	---	29 days
Kieron McGibney	Truro	---	93 days
Najeeb Ahmed Abdul Kadir	Truro	---	60 days
Scott Livingstone	Halifax	---	28 days
Victoria Smith	Bridgewater	---	---
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	---	146 days

Wait Times Trends

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Time Period	Consult - 50%	Consult - 90%	Surgery - 50%	Surgery - 90%
2021 Jul-Sep	25	112	27	76
2021 Oct-Dec	17	100	24	71
2022 Jan-Mar	19	83	22	72
2022 Apr-Jun	17	118	26	113
2022 Jul-Sep	20	98	28	112
2022 Oct-Dec	22	163	30	192
2023 Jan-Mar	21	99	33	146
2023 Apr-Jun	17	125	36	145
2023 Jul-Sep	18	76	27	102

Disclaimer: Hospitals, long-term care facilities, and clinics across the province provide all wait time information displayed on this website. Wait times are based on historical data and do not include emergency/priority cases.

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Bowel Resection

Service/Procedure Summary

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Wait Times Trends

Bowel Resection

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