Service/Procedure Summary

This procedure inserts a special camera called a laparoscope into the stomach to examine or repair it.

Consult
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
462 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
358 days
Instructions - Instructional text.

Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Timesort descending Surgery Wait Time
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
401 days
358 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
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Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
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Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
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Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
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50%

Community Facility Consult Wait Timesort descending Surgery Wait Time
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
47 days
71 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
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Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
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Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
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Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
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Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Timesort descending Surgery Wait Time
Halifax
45 days
100 days
Halifax
71 days
102 days
Halifax
197 days
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Halifax
246 days
82 days
Halifax
344 days
227 days
Halifax
596 days
335 days
Halifax
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301 days
Halifax
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50%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Timesort descending Surgery Wait Time
Halifax
19 days
62 days
Halifax
22 days
37 days
Halifax
41 days
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Halifax
41 days
30 days
Halifax
115 days
52 days
Halifax
202 days
240 days
Halifax
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38 days
Halifax
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