Service/Procedure Summary

Surgery to remove part of the intestines using a special camera called a laparoscope that is inserted through a small cut in the skin called a port.

Consult
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
122 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
122 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
29 days
112 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
99 days
50 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
88 days
76 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
43 days
141 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
91 days
121 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
98 days
115 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
147 days
146 days
Halifax
IWK Health Centre
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New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
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Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
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48 days
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
21 days
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50%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
13 days
29 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
23 days
21 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
13 days
44 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
28 days
29 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
25 days
32 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
20 days
38 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
20 days
39 days
Halifax
IWK Health Centre
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New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
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Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
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17 days
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
14 days
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Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Bridgewater
21 days
42 days
Amherst
28 days
46 days
Antigonish
37 days
53 days
Kentville
36 days
66 days
Halifax
26 days
89 days
Halifax
93 days
42 days
Sydney
94 days
46 days
Antigonish
88 days
72 days
Kentville
67 days
100 days
Sydney
132 days
50 days
Halifax
57 days
132 days
Dartmouth
47 days
163 days
Amherst
27 days
188 days
Dartmouth
77 days
205 days
Halifax
188 days
116 days
Kentville
297 days
122 days
Halifax
149 days
343 days
Antigonish
623 days
89 days
Truro
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Sydney
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106 days
Sydney
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25 days
Yarmouth
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Sydney
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Amherst
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Kentville
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Halifax
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Dartmouth
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95 days
Truro
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Sydney
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20 days
Sydney
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Bridgewater
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50%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Amherst
8 days
24 days
Halifax
24 days
19 days
Halifax
27 days
17 days
Halifax
14 days
31 days
Dartmouth
12 days
33 days
Halifax
13 days
34 days
Sydney
32 days
18 days
Kentville
8 days
43 days
Sydney
30 days
23 days
Antigonish
19 days
34 days
Bridgewater
20 days
34 days
Kentville
21 days
35 days
Amherst
15 days
47 days
Dartmouth
13 days
49 days
Kentville
23 days
40 days
Antigonish
30 days
33 days
Halifax
35 days
44 days
Antigonish
60 days
27 days
Truro
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Sydney
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19 days
Sydney
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22 days
Yarmouth
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Sydney
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Amherst
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Kentville
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Halifax
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Dartmouth
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39 days
Truro
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Sydney
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14 days
Sydney
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Bridgewater
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