Bowel Resection - Laparoscopic | Nova Scotia Wait Time Information

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 50% of people served within? 20days

Surgery Nova Scotia 50% of people served within? 30days

Wait times

50%

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	14 days	18 days
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	8 days	28 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	14 days	27 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	19 days	23 days
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	16 days	33 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	33 days	33 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	40 days	29 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	34 days	37 days
Halifax	IWK Health Centre	---	---
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	---	---
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	---	45 days

90%

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	91 days	38 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	79 days	73 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	109 days	69 days
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	70 days	110 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	182 days	57 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	146 days	99 days
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	77 days	198 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	348 days	65 days
Halifax	IWK Health Centre	---	---
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	---	---
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	---	175 days

Wait Times by Surgeon

50%

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Heather Poushay	Sydney	16 days	11 days
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	12 days	22 days
Nabil Nader	Amherst	10 days	27 days
Rhys Kavanagh	Bridgewater	20 days	18 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	16 days	23 days
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	16 days	23 days
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	22 days	21 days
Eileen Roach	Sydney	23 days	22 days
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	14 days	32 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	16 days	31 days
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	21 days	26 days
Paul M Johnson	Halifax	27 days	28 days
Katerina Neumann	Halifax	34 days	27 days
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	40 days	29 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	33 days	36 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	43 days	32 days
Chris Kenyon	Halifax	32 days	47 days
Richard Spence	Halifax	43 days	37 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	76 days	42 days
Ahmed Jad	Truro	---	---
Alison Archibald	Sydney	---	22 days
Ashley Drohan	Halifax	---	---
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	---	---
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	---	---
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	---	---
David MacFarlane	Kentville	---	20 days
F Donald Clark	Kentville	---	43 days
James C Ellsmere	Halifax	---	---
Leszek J Wasilewski	Dartmouth	---	---
Najeeb Ahmed Abdul Kadir	Truro	---	58 days
Oleg Lefel	Yarmouth	---	---

90%

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Rhys Kavanagh	Bridgewater	39 days	25 days
Heather Poushay	Sydney	38 days	39 days
Nabil Nader	Amherst	20 days	75 days
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	51 days	46 days
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	52 days	52 days
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	52 days	53 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	44 days	61 days
Paul M Johnson	Halifax	46 days	66 days
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	97 days	77 days
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	140 days	36 days
Eileen Roach	Sydney	119 days	70 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	82 days	110 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	123 days	73 days
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	125 days	83 days
Richard Spence	Halifax	155 days	79 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	251 days	38 days
Katerina Neumann	Halifax	262 days	111 days
Chris Kenyon	Halifax	86 days	293 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	600 days	142 days
Ahmed Jad	Truro	---	---
Alison Archibald	Sydney	---	115 days
Ashley Drohan	Halifax	---	---
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	---	---
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	---	---
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	---	---
David MacFarlane	Kentville	---	33 days
F Donald Clark	Kentville	---	65 days
James C Ellsmere	Halifax	---	---
Leszek J Wasilewski	Dartmouth	---	---
Najeeb Ahmed Abdul Kadir	Truro	---	175 days
Oleg Lefel	Yarmouth	---	---

Wait Times Trends

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Time Period	Consult - 50%	Consult - 90%	Surgery - 50%	Surgery - 90%
2022 Jan-Mar	28	92	22	81
2022 Apr-Jun	18	89	25	89
2022 Jul-Sep	20	98	31	121
2022 Oct-Dec	22	149	28	188
2023 Jan-Mar	28	123	37	141
2023 Apr-Jun	21	117	33	101
2023 Jul-Sep	22	121	29	83
2023 Oct-Dec	20	146	27	77
2024 Jan-Mar	20	128	30	91

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 - Laparoscopic

Service/Procedure Summary

Wait times

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90%

Wait Times by Surgeon

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90%

Wait Times Trends

Bowel Resection - Laparoscopic

Service/Procedure Summary

Wait times

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90%

Wait Times by Surgeon

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90%

Wait Times Trends

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