Service/Procedure Summary

This procedure inserts a special camera called a laparoscope into the stomach to examine or repair it. Surgery on the GI tract, the path that food follows through the body.

Consult
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
198 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
266 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
25 days
122 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
28 days
125 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
150 days
68 days
Halifax
IWK Health Centre
77 days
170 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
131 days
165 days
Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
189 days
135 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
101 days
236 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
233 days
253 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
173 days
365 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
252 days
300 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
215 days
420 days
Glace Bay
Glace Bay Healthcare Facility
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Windsor
Hants Community Hospital
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50%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
7 days
15 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
15 days
22 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
22 days
37 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
20 days
41 days
Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
20 days
43 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
23 days
51 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
32 days
46 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
43 days
50 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
44 days
59 days
Halifax
IWK Health Centre
52 days
59 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
179 days
114 days
Glace Bay
Glace Bay Healthcare Facility
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Windsor
Hants Community Hospital
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Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Yarmouth
15 days
31 days
Halifax
28 days
58 days
Bridgewater
43 days
47 days
Amherst
28 days
125 days
Kentville
83 days
98 days
Halifax
159 days
25 days
Halifax
16 days
183 days
Halifax
96 days
134 days
Dartmouth
179 days
52 days
Truro
77 days
170 days
New Glasgow
182 days
68 days
Dartmouth
134 days
132 days
Yarmouth
25 days
255 days
Dartmouth
88 days
204 days
Bridgewater
137 days
165 days
Sydney
208 days
175 days
Dartmouth
51 days
360 days
Bridgewater
252 days
178 days
Halifax
262 days
272 days
Kentville
159 days
407 days
Halifax
415 days
169 days
Halifax
91 days
671 days
Dartmouth
264 days
506 days
Halifax
434 days
439 days
Sydney
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343 days
Sydney
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72 days
Amherst
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Kentville
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Yarmouth
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176 days
New Glasgow
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Halifax
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497 days
New Glasgow
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55 days
Halifax
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111 days
Sydney
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191 days
Amherst
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22 days
Halifax
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211 days
Kentville
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115 days
Antigonish
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Bridgewater
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184 days
Halifax
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Truro
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113 days
Bridgewater
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35 days
Antigonish
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Antigonish
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Antigonish
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Truro
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Truro
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Sydney
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382 days
Halifax
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113 days
Kentville
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156 days
Halifax
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Halifax
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295 days
Halifax
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84 days
Halifax
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Sydney
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50%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Yarmouth
6 days
11 days
Sydney
25 days
20 days
Bridgewater
13 days
33 days
Yarmouth
21 days
30 days
Halifax
11 days
42 days
Halifax
19 days
35 days
Halifax
41 days
15 days
Halifax
20 days
36 days
Bridgewater
16 days
45 days
Dartmouth
14 days
50 days
Truro
18 days
49 days
Dartmouth
49 days
32 days
Kentville
37 days
45 days
Dartmouth
35 days
57 days
Amherst
17 days
77 days
Bridgewater
50 days
44 days
New Glasgow
61 days
43 days
Kentville
36 days
70 days
Dartmouth
63 days
50 days
Halifax
39 days
74 days
Halifax
64 days
50 days
Halifax
63 days
72 days
Halifax
74 days
163 days
Dartmouth
98 days
185 days
Sydney
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144 days
Sydney
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39 days
Amherst
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Kentville
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Yarmouth
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18 days
New Glasgow
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Halifax
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36 days
New Glasgow
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34 days
Halifax
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62 days
Sydney
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66 days
Amherst
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12 days
Halifax
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67 days
Kentville
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31 days
Antigonish
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Bridgewater
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22 days
Halifax
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Truro
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28 days
Bridgewater
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24 days
Antigonish
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Antigonish
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Antigonish
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Truro
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Truro
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Sydney
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115 days
Halifax
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51 days
Kentville
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107 days
Halifax
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Halifax
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113 days
Halifax
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15 days
Halifax
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Sydney
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