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 ?
470 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
335 days
Instructions - Instructional text.

Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
462 days
358 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
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Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
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Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
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Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
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50%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
40 days
85 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
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Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
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Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
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Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
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Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeonsort ascending Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Dartmouth
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Halifax
246 days
82 days
Halifax
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Halifax
695 days
418 days
Halifax
30 days
278 days
Halifax
596 days
358 days
Halifax
344 days
227 days
Halifax
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301 days
Halifax
45 days
100 days

50%

Surgeonsort ascending Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Dartmouth
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Halifax
64 days
46 days
Halifax
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Halifax
38 days
245 days
Halifax
21 days
37 days
Halifax
206 days
252 days
Halifax
22 days
30 days
Halifax
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99 days
Halifax
29 days
62 days

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