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Bowel Resection - Laparoscopic

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 ?
124 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
109 days
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Wait Times

90%

Communitysort ascending Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
131 days
53 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
69 days
57 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
174 days
64 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
124 days
93 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
140 days
184 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
67 days
91 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
45 days
53 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
104 days
72 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
51 days
28 days

Sometimes data is unavailable when it is not submitted to the Department of Health and Wellness, or there were a very small number of patients who recently received the procedure or service.

50%

Communitysort ascending Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
28 days
18 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
27 days
22 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
20 days
36 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
25 days
37 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
26 days
33 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
13 days
29 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
25 days
36 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
36 days
34 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
16 days
15 days

Sometimes data is unavailable when it is not submitted to the Department of Health and Wellness, or there were a very small number of patients who recently received the procedure or service.

Data Source: 
Patient Access Registry Nova Scotia (PAR NS)
Data Period: 
March 1 2019 - February 29 2020
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
April 2020

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Communitysort ascending Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Blair MacDonald
Yarmouth
---
53 days
Rodney W McGory
Sydney
---
139 days
Hani Redwan
Sydney
121 days
125 days
Stephanie Lapierre
Sydney
50 days
62 days
Clay K Butler
Sydney
---
---
Alison Archibald
North Sydney
37 days
34 days
Alicia Lamey
North Sydney
53 days
30 days
Chakshu Sharma
New Glasgow
---
---
Eric Hyun
New Glasgow
---
64 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly
Kentville
141 days
61 days
David MacFarlane
Kentville
---
---
Paul Yaffe
Kentville
35 days
---
F Donald Clark
Kentville
50 days
93 days
Katerina Neumann
Halifax
---
220 days
C Marius Hoogerboord
Halifax
247 days
149 days
Paul M Johnson
Halifax
128 days
299 days
Chris Kenyon
Halifax
77 days
162 days
James C Ellsmere
Halifax
---
---
Dennis R Klassen
Halifax
---
131 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright
Dartmouth
85 days
91 days
Riley Stewart
Dartmouth
37 days
47 days
Leszek J Wasilewski
Dartmouth
---
---
Edward Joy
Bridgewater
---
---
Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
104 days
72 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk
Amherst
---
21 days
Nabil Nader
Amherst
---
---

Sometimes data is unavailable when it is not submitted to the Department of Health and Wellness, or there were a very small number of patients who recently received the procedure or service.

50%

Surgeon Communitysort ascending Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Blair MacDonald
Yarmouth
---
12 days
Rodney W McGory
Sydney
---
43 days
Hani Redwan
Sydney
34 days
28 days
Stephanie Lapierre
Sydney
30 days
21 days
Clay K Butler
Sydney
---
---
Alison Archibald
North Sydney
16 days
16 days
Alicia Lamey
North Sydney
35 days
20 days
Chakshu Sharma
New Glasgow
---
---
Eric Hyun
New Glasgow
---
36 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly
Kentville
27 days
37 days
David MacFarlane
Kentville
---
---
Paul Yaffe
Kentville
9 days
---
F Donald Clark
Kentville
21 days
49 days
Katerina Neumann
Halifax
---
25 days
C Marius Hoogerboord
Halifax
22 days
26 days
Paul M Johnson
Halifax
23 days
47 days
Chris Kenyon
Halifax
54 days
57 days
James C Ellsmere
Halifax
---
---
Dennis R Klassen
Halifax
---
28 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright
Dartmouth
21 days
35 days
Riley Stewart
Dartmouth
12 days
20 days
Leszek J Wasilewski
Dartmouth
---
---
Edward Joy
Bridgewater
---
---
Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
36 days
34 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk
Amherst
---
13 days
Nabil Nader
Amherst
---
---

Sometimes data is unavailable when it is not submitted to the Department of Health and Wellness, or there were a very small number of patients who recently received the procedure or service.

Data Source: 
Patient Access Registry Nova Scotia (PAR NS)
Data Period: 
March 1 2019 - February 29 2020
Next Update: 
April 2020
Disclaimer: Hospitals 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. Current wait times experienced by some patients may be different.

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