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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 ?
110 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
106 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facilitysort descending Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
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Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
95 days
61 days
Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
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Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
145 days
48 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
41 days
58 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
148 days
230 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
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Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
163 days
98 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
77 days
102 days
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
35 days
33 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%

Community Facilitysort descending Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
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Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
19 days
27 days
Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
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Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
34 days
11 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
14 days
23 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
30 days
30 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
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Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
27 days
29 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
17 days
41 days
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
14 days
22 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: 
September 1 2020 - August 31 2021
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
October 2021

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Katerina Neumann
Halifax
213 days
46 days
Ahmed Jad
Antigonish
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Ryan Patrick Kelly
Kentville
471 days
102 days
Oleg Lefel
Yarmouth
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Clay K Butler
Sydney
47 days
---
Andrea Marie Faryniuk
Amherst
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Riley Stewart
Dartmouth
24 days
58 days
Stephanie Lapierre
Sydney
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Edward Joy
Bridgewater
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Alicia Lamey
Sydney
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43 days
Paul Yaffe
Kentville
74 days
107 days
David MacFarlane
Kentville
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Alison Archibald
Sydney
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135 days
Heather Poushay
North Sydney
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James C Ellsmere
Halifax
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Farisa Hossain
Antigonish
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Daniel Kagedan
Sydney
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Christopher Murphy
Yarmouth
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Jonathan Boyde Enright
Dartmouth
22 days
42 days
Blair MacDonald
Yarmouth
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C Marius Hoogerboord
Halifax
93 days
153 days
Daniel Kagedan
Sydney
81 days
43 days
Paul M Johnson
Halifax
38 days
45 days
Rodney W McGory
Sydney
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Chris Kenyon
Halifax
107 days
272 days
Colin McWilliams
Amherst
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Nabil Nader
Amherst
56 days
48 days
Colin McWilliams
Amherst
---
34 days
Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
563 days
111 days
Chakshu Sharma
New Glasgow
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F Donald Clark
Kentville
34 days
55 days
Chakshu Sharma
New Glasgow
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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 Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Katerina Neumann
Halifax
30 days
26 days
Ahmed Jad
Antigonish
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Ryan Patrick Kelly
Kentville
26 days
27 days
Oleg Lefel
Yarmouth
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Clay K Butler
Sydney
20 days
---
Andrea Marie Faryniuk
Amherst
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Riley Stewart
Dartmouth
14 days
23 days
Stephanie Lapierre
Sydney
---
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Edward Joy
Bridgewater
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Alicia Lamey
Sydney
---
30 days
Paul Yaffe
Kentville
20 days
44 days
David MacFarlane
Kentville
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Alison Archibald
Sydney
---
43 days
Heather Poushay
North Sydney
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James C Ellsmere
Halifax
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Farisa Hossain
Antigonish
---
---
Daniel Kagedan
Sydney
---
---
Christopher Murphy
Yarmouth
---
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Jonathan Boyde Enright
Dartmouth
14 days
19 days
Blair MacDonald
Yarmouth
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C Marius Hoogerboord
Halifax
32 days
27 days
Daniel Kagedan
Sydney
19 days
25 days
Paul M Johnson
Halifax
14 days
13 days
Rodney W McGory
Sydney
---
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Chris Kenyon
Halifax
31 days
47 days
Colin McWilliams
Amherst
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Nabil Nader
Amherst
23 days
8 days
Colin McWilliams
Amherst
---
14 days
Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
19 days
34 days
Chakshu Sharma
New Glasgow
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F Donald Clark
Kentville
15 days
39 days
Chakshu Sharma
New Glasgow
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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: 
September 1 2020 - August 31 2021
Next Update: 
October 2021
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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